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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 76: The Developers - Dr. Stanley Quek Part 1

Architects and developers are frequently uneasy bedfellows, and yet co-dependent. In this series of in-depth interviews, Jan Henderson will uncover what makes the relationship work, and how projects can fly, or fail, through that relationship.

In this episode with Dr. Stanley Quek of Frasers Property Australia, Quek discusses Frasers, the development of Central Park Sydney, and architects he has collaborated with including Sir Norman Foster & Jean Nouvel.

Stay tuned for Part Two.

Producer/Camera A: Ron Brown

Camera B: Rishi Patancar

Editor: Nathan Carden

Images and visuals courtesy of Frasers Property Australia and Sekisui House Australia.

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