A Place to Be

A Place to Be

🎞️ Movie 55 min
1979

'A Place to Be' is a superb 'biography of a building,' tracing the contemporary design and construction of the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. A monumental commission that took ten years to complete, the film gives an intimate view behind the secrets of the museum's remarkable design and the art created for its public spaces. A landmark of art and architecture but captures the pride of the skilled laborers who completed the building. The film presents a human portrait of the immense talent that made this national treasure.

Cast

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Anthony Caro
Self
Self
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Jean Dubuffet
Self
Self
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Joan Miró
Self
Self
I.M. Pei
I.M. Pei
Self
Self
David Wayne
David Wayne
Narrator
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J. Gary Burke
Composer
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Thomas E. Ackerman
Cinematographer
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Foster Wiley
Cinematographer