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There are a lot of bad films out there. There's a lot of bad architecture out there, and I think sometimes it takes a lot of time to begin to see what's really good. And I think what the test seems to...

Nathaniel Kahn

There are a lot of bad films out there. There's a lot of bad architecture out there, and I think sometimes it takes a lot of time to begin to see what's really good. And I think what the test seems to...

Tags: life, time, good

As a child, my father's architecture seemed to me to be industrial in a way. It seemed harsh and kind of chilly; I didn't respond to it.

Nathaniel Kahn

As a child, my father's architecture seemed to me to be industrial in a way. It seemed harsh and kind of chilly; I didn't respond to it.

Tags: father, child, me

About Author
Nathaniel Kahn (born November 9, 1962, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American filmmaker. His documentaries My Architect (2003) – about his father, the architect Louis Kahn – and Two Hands (2006) were nominated for Academy Awards. His mother is landscape architect Harriet Pattison.
In 2018 Kahn directed the HBO documentary The Price of Everything about the exponential sums paid for works on the Contemporary art market. In 2023, he directed Deep Sky.
Kahn is a graduate of Germantown Friends School and Yale University.

I know I should feel anger at my father for certain things. But since he died when I was 11, I never got to that point.

Nathaniel Kahn

I know I should feel anger at my father for certain things. But since he died when I was 11, I never got to that point.

Tags: father, know, point

My father was my hero, and he died when I was 11. So, I really never experienced the kind of natural teenage rebellion or the anger at him. I never experienced those feelings as a young person.

Nathaniel Kahn

My father was my hero, and he died when I was 11. So, I really never experienced the kind of natural teenage rebellion or the anger at him. I never experienced those feelings as a young person.

Tags: hero, father, rebellion