FIVE SEASONS: THE GARDENS OF PIET OUDOLF
Special Features: Introductory presentation by Carolyn Mullet, owner/operator of CarexTours garden tours
Revolutionary landscape designer Piet Oudolf is known for designing public works — such as New York City's popular High Line and the Lurie Garden in Chicago's Millennium Park — that redefine our conception of gardens as works of art in themselves. This gorgeous, meditative documentary immerses viewers in Oudolf's work, taking us inside his creative process. From his aesthetic theories to his strikingly abstract sketches and the ecological implications of his ideas, the film poetically reveals how Oudolf upends conventional notions of nature, public space and, ultimately, beauty itself. (Note courtesy of Argot Pictures.) DIR/PROD/SCR Thomas Piper. U.S., 2018, color, 75 min plus a 20-min intro. In English and Dutch with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Presented as part of Science on Screen®, an initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre, with major support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
AFI Member passes accepted.
About Carolyn Mullet
Carolyn Mullet is based in Takoma Park, Maryland, and is owner and operator of CarexTours, leading garden tours to Europe each year. She is currently writing a book called "Private Gardens of Europe" that will be published by Timber Press in late 2019. She is active on social media, where she daily showcases gardens from around the world for an international community of more than 26,000 on Instagram and 1.4 million on her Facebook page, "Garden Design by Carolyn Mullet." Carolyn is a retired garden designer who practiced in the Washington, DC, metro area for more than 30 years. She received her formal training in residential landscape design from George Washington University.
Run Time: 95 Minutes
Opening Date: Monday, April 08, 2019
Genre: Documentary
