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Title:

I build the tower [videorecording] / a Brad Byer and Bench Movies production ; directed, written, and produced by Edward Landler and Brad Byer.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Bench Movies :

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

2 videodiscs (87 min.) : DVD video, sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([4] p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.).

Subject:

Simon Rodia's Towers (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Rodia, Simon,--1879-1965.
Towers--Los Angeles.--Los Angeles.
Sculpture--Los Angeles.--Los Angeles.
Sculptors--Los Angeles.--Los Angeles.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films--United States.

Other Authors:

Rodia, Simon, 1879-1965.
Byer, Brad. drt pro drt
Landler, Edward. drt pro drt
Outterbridge, John, 1933-
Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983.
Bench Movies (Firm)
New Performance Distribution.

Notes:

Narrator, John Outterbridge. Special features: unedited 1983 interview with R. Buckminster Fuller filmed exclusively for this project (40 min.), slide show of archival and family photographs (6 min.).

Contents:

Disc 1. Documentary (87 min.) -- Disc 2. Bonus features (49 min.)

Summary:

Presents the story of Simon Rodia the Italian immigrant who built the Watts Towers in his backyard in South Central Los Angeles.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)123502295

UPC:

724101721694

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)