Starting today, the Balboa Theater is showing a new documentary, Eames: The Architect and the Painter, about innovative designers and artists – and husband and wife team – Charles and Ray Eames.
The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames are widely regarded as America’s most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products, from splints for wounded military during World War II, to photography, interiors, multi-media exhibits, graphics, games, films and toys. But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life – from the development of modernism, to the rise of the computer age – has been less widely understood. Narrated by James Franco, Eames: The Architect and the Painter is the first film since their death dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work.
This weekend only, the Balboa will also have the filmmakers on hand at select screenings for a Q&A with the audience:
Friday, December 2: Jason Cohn & Bill Jersey Q&A post 7:20, Intro prior to 9:10 show
Saturday, December 3: Jason Cohn Q&A post 1:50 show, Intro prior to 3:40 show
Eames: The Architect and the Painter shows daily at (1:50), 3:40, 5:30, 7:20, and 9:20.
“It all began with a chair…”
Sarah B.