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Architecton
Directed by
Viktor Kossakovsky
G
2024
1h 38m
[Documentary](/on-demand/category/documentary)
6.4
95%
6.0
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An extraordinary journey through the material that makes up our habitat: concrete and its ancestor, stone.
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Cast of Architecton
Michele De Lucchi
Self
Viktor Kossakovsky
Director / Writer / Editor
Charlotte Hailstone
Co-Producer
Heino Deckert
Producer
Estelle Robin-You
Co-Producer
Clara Vuillermoz
Co-Producer
Nick Shumaker
Executive Producer
Adriana Banta
Executive Producer
Ben Cotner
Executive Producer
Frank Lehmann
Executive Producer
Emily Osborne
Executive Producer
Ben Bernhard
Director Of Photography
Ainara Vera
Editor
Evgueni Galperine
Original Music Composer
Alexandr Dudarev
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Architecton Ratings & Reviews
Wall Street Journal
John Anderson
Great artists major in defiance and minor in delusion: You will want to see what I have to offer, and love it, even if it is unfamiliar, disquieting and as ravishingly uncommercial as "Architecton."
Geek Vibes Nation
Will Bjarnar
It's an attractive film on the surface, but one that cuts deeper than meets the eye, a consistent element of Kossakovsky's artistry that only evolves as his observations grow more profound.
In Review Online
Padaí Ó Maolchalann
Gentle and contemplative one moment, then vibrant and animated the next, enlivening its essentially motionless subject such that it develops an amiable, multifaceted character
Third Coast Review
Steven Prokopy
A hypnotic and lyrical look at the primary materials that make up modern-day habitats.
IndieWire
Christian Zilko
Every time a majestic shot of stone is juxtaposed against a pathetic excretion of wet concrete, it becomes clear that we're permanently changing our planet's ecosystem by cutting corners on the things we build.
Spectrum Culture
Alan Zilberman
Many shots are long, uninterrupted takes of rocks in various configurations. But Kossakovsky is no geologist, studying his subject for scientific discovery, and instead regards them in a way to help us understand their awesome, humbling power.
Arts Fuse
Peter Keough
Though the images are stunning, even sublime, the message is muddled, if not perverse.
Denerstein Unleashed
Robert Denerstein
...the best way to watch Architecton is to allow the movie take you where it will. Italian architect Michele De Lucchi serves as a kind of guide and provocateur, inviting us to consider the kind of environments we're creating for ourselves.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Alison Willmore
Architecton comes across as a more plaintive depiction of our desire to imagine ourselves able to leave a lasting mark on this planet.
Culture Mix
Carla Hay
The documentary Architecton gives an uneven but still immersive look at the beauty, ugliness, and everything in between about architecture made of stone or concrete. The movie's dialogue scenes distract from the majestic nature scenes.
Filmspotting
Adam Kempenaar
I'm not entirely convinced that returning to scenes of De Lucchi watching two men hammering stones into his lawn to form a "magic circle" offers the powerful statement Kossakovsky desires. But I appreciated the modest enterprise's poetic implications.
Washington Post
Philip Kennicott
A raw, beautiful and demanding essay on the fate of our collective home.
San Jose Mercury News
Randy Myers
Architecton is quite the transcendent experience and makes you view the world in a more aware, alert light.
RogerEbert.com
Toussaint Egan
The film transforms the transportation, destruction, and recreation of otherwise inert physical matter into a spectacle of profound consequence.
New York Times
Lisa Kennedy
Architecton is as gorgeous as it is grave. The score (by Evgueni Galperine) and sound design (by Aleksandr Dudarev) contribute mightily to the film's heavy lifting.
NPR
Bob Mondello
Viktor Kossakovsky's sensory overload of a documentary offers a dazzling, epically cinematic argument that what the earth has endured as man has used and abused it is unsustainable.
AV Club
Jacob Oller
As Kossakovsky's contemplative images envelop the vision and spark the mind, his film mines profundity from beneath our feet.
Slant Magazine
William Repass
There's a radical materialism at the foundation of Architecton, reinforcing the notion that objects, in the properties that derive from their structure, exert a subtle yet powerful agency.
The Hollywood Reporter
Jordan Mintzer
You don't watch a Kossakovsky movie as much as you take it in with eyes wide open, immersing yourself in images and associations that present everyday phenomena in a whole new way.
Variety
Guy Lodge
This is blatantly dazzling, epic-scale filmmaking that nonetheless invites viewers to consider the implications of our awe.
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