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The Dream of Perfection

Dir. John Weiley

THE DREAM OF PERFECTION is as extraordinary as its provocative subject matter, the dramatic story of the building of the Sydney Opera House, culminating in Utzons departure from the project. Director John Weiley was commissioned in 1968 to make the documentary Autopsy on a Dream by then BBC2 controller David Attenborough, and following its only screening on the BBC, it was destroyed literally chopped to pieces on the chopping block. Miraculously, a mute print of Autopsy on a Dream was rediscovered in a BBC vault this year, and has now been restored with sound saved by John Weiley, and with a new prologue. The film features interviews with David Attenborough, Jan Utzon, Lin Utzon, and Richard Neville.

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Episode 41: Melbourne Now - Fleur Watson

In this episode, Jan Henderson meets Fleur Watson, Consultative Curator at the Melbourne Now exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria, to discuss her role in creating arguably the most exciting and engaging exhibition of architecture, design and urban planning issues Melbourne has ever seen.

Fleur Watson is a curator and editor specialising in architecture and design. She is Curator of RMIT Design Hub, Melbourne, and co-founder of Pin-up Project Space, Collingwood. Watson is editor of Cities of Hope Remembered: Australian Architecture by Edmond & Corrigan, 1962–2012 (2012), co-author of Architecture and Beauty: Conversations with Architects about a Troubled Relationship (2010), and is editing an issue of Architectural Design journal, to be published in 2015. Fleur’sMelbourne Now blog is HERE.

Producer & Director: Ron Brown

Camera: Ron Brown, Britta Lauritzen

Editing: Amruta Nargundkar

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