"Most folks know Frank Lloyd Wright as America's most influential architect. What's lesser known is he loved the movies, and Hollywood loved him. Wright was a big fan of the movies. He really admired Walt Disney, and even gave his staff advice on designing some of their most famous films in the 1930s and '40s, says Mark Anthony Wilson, an art historian and professor living in Berkeley. And Hitchcock admired Wright, although they never communicated directly."
"At least 20 feature-length movies have used Wright's buildings as set pieces in California alone. The earliest was 1933's Female, a Warner Bros. production partly shot at a Wright house in the Hollywood Hills, and the latest is DreamQuil, a yet-released thriller with John C. Reilly and Elizabeth Banks that uses the Marin County Civic Center."
"A scene from the 1982 movie Blade Runner with Harrison Ford at his apartment. The set was modeled after the interior of Frank Lloyd Wright's Ennis House in L.A., but was shot on a sound stage to control lighting conditions during filming. (Bison Archives/Warner Bros. Pictures)"
Frank Lloyd Wright loved motion pictures and admired Walt Disney, advising Disney staff on film design in the 1930s and 1940s. Alfred Hitchcock admired Wright despite no direct communication. At least 20 feature films have used Wright's California buildings as set pieces, from 1933's Female to the unreleased DreamQuil, which uses the Marin County Civic Center. Films influenced by Wright include Blade Runner, Rush Hour, Permanent Midnight, and Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death. Three architecturally significant sites are usually open to the public. San Francisco photographer Joel Puliaitti provided contemporary images while Marc Wanamaker's Bison Archives preserved film footage.
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