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The Oyler house : Richard Neutra's desert retreat

Call Number

  • DVD 720.9794 O989 (CEN)

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Performers

Featuring: Richard F. Oyler, Kelly Lynch, Dion Neutra, Raymond Neutra, Crosby Doe.

Publication Information

[New York] : First Run Features, [2014]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (46 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

In 1959, a government employee named Richard Oyler, living in the tiny desert town of Lone Pine, California, asked world-famous modern architect Richard Neutra to design his modest family home. To Oyler's surprise, Neutra agreed. Thus began an unlikely friendship that led to the design and construction of an iconic mid-century modern masterpiece.

Notes

Title from container.

Cinematography by Daniel Haas ; edited by Mike Dorsey.

Originally produced in 2012.

Bonus materials: Richard Oyler and Kelly Lynch tour the house ; deleted scenes: Hollywood movies, Neutra's curtains, Iwo Jima.

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