Le Corbusier in India [videorecording] / Duniya Vision and Play film present ; a film by Manu Rewal ; produced by Mahmoud Chokrollahi, Christophe Grébaud and Manu Rewal

Published: [New Delhi] : Duniya Vision, 2009?
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color with black and white seq. ; 4 3/4 in.
Additional Creators: Rewal, Manu, Chokrollahi, Mahmoud, Grébaud, Christophe, Morin, Anne, Belissent, Jean-Pierre, Kumar, Pradeep, 1925-2001, Pandya, Asheesh, Play Film (Firm), and Duniya Vision

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Language Note

In English and French with English subtitles.

Contents

Part 1. Chandigarh and Ahmedabad -- part 2. The capitol of Chandigarh.

Summary

Between 1951 and 1965, the year he died, Le Corbusier built in India some of his most important works. He made the plan of a new city, Chandigarh, which was to symbolize the democratic and secular choice made by India, designed public buildings such as the Parliament and the High Court of the state of Punjab, but also two villas and an office building for the industrialists of Ahmedabad, the then capital of Indian textiles. The film tells the story of this adventure that reinvented modern architecture in a spectacular way, by using Le Corbusier's writings and drawings, photographs, a small newsreel and interviews with his assistants, critics and users of the buildings.--Container.

Subject(s)

Genre(s)

Documentary films

Note

Videodisc release of the motion picture originally produced in 2000.
Aspect ratio 4:3.

Creation/Production Credits Note

Camera, Pradeep Kumar; editor, Manu Rewal.

Participant/Performer Note

Voices, Anne Morin, Jean-Pierre Bélissent.

Technical Details

DVD, region 1, NTSC.

Terms of Use and Reproduction

No public performance rights. Classroom instruction and home use permitted.

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