Special Screening at the Cliff Dwellers Club in Chicago: Friday, October 29

This is the last scheduled screening in Chicago this year, and a very fitting place for it to happen. The Cliff Dwellers club was one of the last places where Louis Sullivan found refuge among friends and colleagues during his last years. It was where he wrote his Autobiography of an Idea; in fact, the Club still has on display the desk at which he wrote his memoir. Back then the Club was located at the top of Orchestra Hall before moving in 1996 to its current location, next door, at the top of the Borg Warner building.

During production of the film, the Cliff Dwellers generously allowed me access to some of its photographs, some of the last that survive of Sullivan before he died in 1924.

So, on Friday, October 29, the film will be presented in the Club’s dining room at 200 S. Michigan Avenue, a great space with one of the grandest views you can find in the city! The weather is supposed to be rather mild, so it’ll be a great night for a drink on the terrace where the photo at left was taken.

Screening starts at 6 pm, with a Q&A following with myself and Michael T. McLean, the film’s composer. There are probably about 50 seats left as I write this, available for $20 each, at the door the night of the screening.

Sullivan Filmscore Composer to Appear at October 28 Screening at Northwestern University

On Thursday, October 28, “Louis Sullivan” will kick off Block Cinema’s film series “The American Architect in Focus” at the Block Museum at Northwestern University. With me at the screening will be Michael T. McLean, composer of the film’s incredible soundtrack, and a 1988 graduate of Northwestern’s School of Music (in violin performance). It will be a fine homecoming for Michael, who will be able to offer some very interesting insights into what went into creating what I feel was as important to the film as its photography; a stirring, emotional and soaring filmscore.

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Special Screenings Leading Up to DVD Release on November 15

In anticipation of the DVD release, there will be a round of special screenings in Chicago, St. Louis, Des Moines and New York City between now and November 15. Details are listed in the following posts. All of these screenings have been organized by local groups or festivals, and I’m extremely grateful to all of them for making it possible to see the film on the big screen!