America’s most influential industrial
designers were Charles and Ray Eames.
This film uses a large amount of archival material and interviews. Friends,
colleagues and experts tell the business and personal story of the couple. They made plywood and fiberglass
furniture, splints for wounded military personnel in WWII, interior designs,
multi-media exhibits, graphics, photography, games, films and toys. The Eames were very creative and willing
to take risks. They were also
passionate about the tasks at hand using hard work and focus to get the job
done. They understood the needs of
the users and those viewing their efforts. Function and form made the Eames chair very popular. Charles was the craftsman and Ray was
artistically gifted.
Everyone took a back seat to Charles and
they were not credited for their work on projects. Even Ray was never listed for her contributions. Charles could not vision designs in
color and Ray took over in that area.
Her perfectionist tendencies and her copious note writing sometimes held
Ray back. There is a lot of
information in this film and I found it better to take a break during viewing
and come back later to finish. 3* (This movie is OK)
85 min, Doc directed by Jason Cohn, Bill Jersey with
Charles and Ray Eames, James Franco, Jeannine Oppewal, Paul Schrader, Kevin
Roche.
Note:
Imdb 7.1 out of 10, 88% critic 83% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.
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