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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This week on ArchiTel, Jan Henderson talks with Jan Utzon, a Danish architect at Utzon Associate Architects and son of Jorn Utzon; architect of the Sydney Opera House.
We were lucky enough to sit down and chat with Jan while he was in Australia for the 2018 Good Design Awards, held in Sydney.
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Host: Jan Henerson
Director: Ron Brown Camera Operators: Ron Brown Editor: Tess Emmerson