The Experimental City (2017)
• October 18th, 2017 • 1h 35min
Documentary
Overview
In the 1960s, frustrated by the growing problem of urban pollution, Athelstan Spilhaus, a visionary scientist and futurist comic strip writer, assembled a team of experts to develop a bold experiment: the Minnesota Experimental City (MXC). MXC would be the city of the future, a domed metropolis for 250,000 pioneering residents, built from scratch and using cutting-edge technology to prevent urban sprawl and pollution. Things didn’t quite go as planned, as explored in Chad Friedrichs’ fascinating look back at the would-be city of tomorrow.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Rietveld Houses: A piece of furniture to live in
Released on: 2024-06-25
Documentary
In 2024, the iconic Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht will celebrate its 100th anniversary. Gerrit ...
Architecture of Infinity
Released on: 2019-01-31
Documentary
How can structures, which take up defined, rigid portions of space, make us feel transcendence? How ...
Cologne Cathedral: The French Cathedral on the Rhine
Released on: 2024-09-21
Documentary, TV Movie
An exploration of Cologne Cathedral, an emblematic monument and world heritage site. The towering pl...
Nebraska's Capitol Masterpiece
Released on: 2014-01-24
Documentary
Nebraska's Capitol is a national historic landmark ... a masterpiece of art and architecture, and th...
Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City
Released on: 1968-01-01
Documentary
In 1967, de Andrade was invited by the Italian company Olivetti to produce a documentary on the new ...
DUE SEGNI
Released on: 2022-05-19
Documentary
A film commissioned by architects Vitangelo Ardito and Nicoletta Faccitondo (Polytechnic University ...
Reimagining A Buffalo Landmark
Released on: 2019-04-12
Documentary, History, TV Movie
The Richardson Olmsted Campus, a former psychiatric center and National Historic Landmark, is seeing...
The Architect: A Montford Point Marine
Released on: 2023-09-30
Documentary, War
In this dynamic and dramatic short film, an African American veteran takes us on an extraordinary jo...
The Gaudi Code
Released on: 2015-03-14
Documentary
La Sagrada Familia – although still under construction in Barcelona – is a cathedral without any fla...
Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future
Released on: 2016-12-27
Documentary
Best known for designing National Historic Landmarks such as St. Louis’ iconic Gateway Arch and the ...
Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy
Released on: 2018-10-18
Documentary, History
Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy is a feature-length documentary film highlighting the hi...
Memories of Origin: Hiroshi Sugimoto
Released on: 2012-03-31
Documentary
This documentary follows 200 days in the life of contemporary artist Hiroshi Sugimoto— a leading pre...
Son of Torum
Released on: 1989-02-05
Documentary
In the same vein as Meri's other documentations, this one takes advantage of the glasnost policy to ...
Amancio Williams
Released on: 2013-11-18
Documentary
A biography documentary of the Argentine modernist architect Amancio Williams.
The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
Released on: 1983-01-01
Documentary
Documentary on the work of Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture.
Noble and Mundane Prague
Released on: 1949-01-01
Documentary
A documentary film comparing current / everyday and historical / noble aspects of Prague.
Tudo é Projeto
Released on: 2017-06-13
Documentary
Documentary about the life and work of the architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha, told by him in prominenc...