Title & Author:

The museum / produced, directed and written by Kenton Vaughan.

Publication:

[Toronto, Ont.] : 90th Parallel ; [Montréal] : National Film Board of Canada, ©2009.

Description:

1 videodisc (90 min., 45 sec.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. in container 19 x 14 x 2 cm

Notes:
Originally produced in 2008.
Includes bonus features: Dinosaurs & architecture (5 min., 25 sec.), Timelapse of Crystal construction (4 min., 2 sec.), 21st century architecture (2 min., 38 sec.), The origins of an idea (58 sec.).
Producers, Gordon Henderson, Silva Basmajian ; editor, Greg West ; directors of photography, Mark Caswell, Mark Ellam, Chris Romeike.
Narrated by Colm Feore ; includes comments by: William Thorsell, Daniel Libeskind, Mark Kingwell, Hilary Weston, Janet Waddington, Alisdair Hinshelwood, Dan Rahimi, Katherine Dunnell, Shirley Ellis, Marianne Webb, Cheryl Blackman, Thore Garbers, John Martin, Ken Sissakis, Francisco Alvarez, Steve Diamond, and Klaus Nienkamper.
DVD.
Closed-captioned.

Summary:

A look at the recent renovation at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. The musuem's director, William Thorsell, wants to revitalize and rejuvenate a beloved but dowdy institution with a bold, architecturally innovative addition. The documentary follows the process of the renovation from the initial planning, to the hiring of Daniel Libeskind, and to building of the crystalline structure.

Subject:

Libeskind, Daniel, 1946-
Thorsell, William.
Michael Lee-Chin Crystal (Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ont.)
Royal Ontario Museum.
Musée royal de l'Ontario.
Museum architecture Ontario Toronto.
Museums Remodeling.
Museum buildings Ontario Toronto.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Architecture des musées Ontario Toronto.
Musées (Édifices) Ontario Toronto.
Vidéos pour personnes ayant une déficience auditive.
Musées Réfection.
Museum buildings
Museum architecture
Public facilities.
Toronto (Ont.) Constructions.
Ontario Toronto
Museums (buildings) Canada Ontario Toronto.
Additions (general components) Canada Ontario Toronto 2000-2010.

Form/genre:

Optical disks.
DVDs.
Video recordings.
Documentaries (motion picture genre)
documentary film.
Documentary films
Documentary.
Documentaires.

Added entries:

Vaughan, Kenton.
Alvarez, Francisco.
Basmajian, Silva.
Blackman, Cheryl.
Caswell, Mark.
Diamond, Steve, lawyer.
Dunnell, Katherine.
Ellam, Mark.
Ellis, Shirley, textile conservator.
Feore, Colm.
Garbers, Thore.
Henderson, Gordon S.
Hinshelwood, Alisdair.
Kingwell, Mark, 1963-
Libeskind, Daniel, 1946-
Martin, John.
Nienkamper, Klaus.
Rahimi, Dan.
Romeike, Chris.
Sissakis, Ken.
Thorsell, William.
Waddington, Janet.
Webb, Marianne.
West, Greg.
Weston, Hilary.
National Film Board of Canada.
90th Parallel Film & Television Productions.

Subtitle on disc and container: Art, ego, steel beams

Holdings:

Location: Library main av 270365
Call No.: NA44.L695.25 M5 2009
Status: Available