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Maillart's Bridges

Plot: Famed Swiss architect and artist Robert Maillart was renowned for his concrete bridges; this documentary examines the elegant design of his engineering masterpieces, which, the film argues, embrace both functionality and aesthetics. Instead of following a traditional journalistic structure, director Heinz Emigholz's spellbinding film reads more like ethereal visual poetry, allowing the beauty of Maillart's work to speak for itself
Release Date: Friday, February 9 2001
24 years ago
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Portrait of Heinz EmigholzHeinz EmigholzHeinz Emigholz was 53 in Maillart's Bridges as 'Director, Writer'
Birthday: Thu, Jan 22 1948