A documentary about an architect has an uphill battle finding an audience, because for one thing it's a documentary, and
for another thing it's about an architect. I mean, come on. But "Sketches of
Frank Gehry" is a spiffy little doc, directed by longtime filmmaker/first-time documentarian Sydney Pollack ("Tootsie," "
The Firm"), who has been friends with the iconoclast for several years. It reveals a little about an architect's craft and thought process, but mostly it's about Gehry himself, the man, the myth, the legend. "What's so hot about Frank Gehry?" Pollack asks in the opening narration, anticipating the average viewer's skepticism about the purpose of such a movie. "What's the big deal?"
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