Word: film
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Whether it's in making a film or in designing a chair, Eames' first concern is with the idea or the function rather than the style. "I use film to get across an idea, not to invent a style," he said. "Style's important in getting across a point; through interest in the subject, one invents style, not through interest in style alone...
...step inside the Charles Eames Office in Venice, California (L.A.'s bohemian district), not only reaffirms his fascination with ideas but also reveals the style with which he goes about his problem solving. The Office in itself is a transformation-from an old garage to a furniture factory, film studio, design workshop, and think tank. Yet outside, one could not tell this white-washed building from its former incarnation, "we haven't had a sign on the door for twenty-five years now," said Eames. Today it simply has the address...
Entering the building is like penetrating a chrysalis to suddenly find a multi-colored butterfly inside. The Eames Office harbors more than one colorful butterfly. Fluttering above or resting on shelves are Japanese kites from the latest Eames film. A glass-sided storage case displays the cowries and conches that starred in a 1967 film proposal for a National Aquarium in Washington, D.C. Indian and oriental tops lie motionless on their sides recuperating from their featured billing in 1969 (Eames' film entitled Tops...
...novella, First Love is the deceptively elemental narrative of an adolescent smitten by his father's mistress. "It is a story unusually lit with affection and nature," says Schell. "I decided only one photographer could really do it-Sven Nykvist, the artist who does Bergman's films. When he agreed I knew the picture would happen, and that it would work." Schell's instinct has proved infallible. Nykvist has filled the film with indelible imagery. The sunlight is a featured player of humor and warmth. Interiors seem to exhale melancholy. Weightless figures hover on the horizon...
...other respects, Schell has proved himself a first-rate director. Will he act again? "For a good director, for a good role, of course. In the meantime, I will put together my own projects." The next? A film about German youth confronting the German past. "The money will not be great, the budget may be restricted. But at last I can make the films I believe in. What more compensation can a man want...