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  • 2017
  • PG
  • Mongrel Media
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2017
  • PG
  • Mongrel Media
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary Bjarke Ingels started out as a young man dreaming of creating cartoons. Now, he has been named “one of architecture’s biggest stars” by The Wall Street Journal. Big Time follows Bjarke during th course of 5 years (2011-2016), while he struggles to finish his biggest project so far. We are let into Bjarke’s creative processes as well as t...

Directed By: Kaspar Astrup Schröder

  • 2017
  • PG
  • Mongrel Media
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2017
  • PG
  • Mongrel Media
  • 1 h 33 m

Big Time

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Summary Bjarke Ingels started out as a young man dreaming of creating cartoons. Now, he has been named “one of architecture’s biggest stars” by The Wall Street Journal. Big Time follows Bjarke during th course of 5 years (2011-2016), while he struggles to finish his biggest project so far. We are let into Bjarke’s creative processes as well as t...

Directed By: Kaspar Astrup Schröder

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75
Dec 12, 2017
Schroder and his subject do have a nice casual familiarity; hopefully he’ll check in on Ingels every ten years or so.
By John Fink FULL REVIEW
75
Nov 30, 2017
Somewhat incredibly, the buildings come to life: Kaspar Astrup Schröder puts Ingels's remarkable communication skills to work through a series of sketches and chats, and then shows us the finished products.
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70
Dec 7, 2017
Director Kaspar Astrup Schröder’s gorgeous film is informed by that same charm and intelligence the way a sailboat is informed by 7 knots of westerly breeze.
By Chris Packham FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 30, 2017
Articulate, charismatic, engaging and clearly brilliant, Ingels seems to have captivated the filmmaker so much that Big Time suffers as a result. Neither scholarly enough to fully satisfy architecture buffs nor distinctive enough as a biographical portrait, it falls somewhere in the bland middle.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 30, 2017
Clearly, the architect and the filmmaker are tight, which does not entirely benefit Big Time.
By Andy Webster FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Sonntag Pictures
Release Date Dec 1, 2017
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating PG
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Tagline The architectural mind behind some of the world's most famous buildings.
Website http://www.mongrelmedia.com/index.php/filmlink?id=e0f4665a-fd56-4a00-a4e5-bacfac3dd990
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Awards

Master of Art Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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