New Film “Columbus” Celebrates Modernism in Small-Town America
A new independent film is shining a light on the architectural haven of Columbus, Indiana. Once referred to as the ?Athens of the Prairie,” the town is little-known outside of architectural circles, but building buffs have long regarded it as a modernist enclave that champions mid-century American values through its built environment. The film, simply entitled Columbus, is directed by Kogonada, a video-maker who has turned his refined aesthetic, which often focuses on details in filmmaking (as seen in his short “Sounds of Aronofsky“), toward feature-length film itself. The study of film has set something of a precedent for Kogonada, who perhaps unsurprisingly chose to put architecture at the forefront of Columbus, being that architectural works, like movies, require meticulous thought, research, and detailing to create.
The film tells the story of Casey, a small-town girl from Columbus who is fascinated with architecture, and Jin, a city boy who is in town tending to his father, an architectural academic who suddenly fell ill before he was due to give a lecture there. The film links the two characters through their respective attitudes toward architecture ? Casey is emotionally connected to the buildings that surround her, but in the absence of any formal training, lacks the education to properly articulate her feelings. Jin, on the other hand, has a tainted connection to architecture because of a difficult relationship with his father, and while he can i...
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