WATTS TOWERS by Sam Rodia the Watts Towers
Arts Center
"I build the tower people like" Simon Rodia - a film
by Edward Landler and Brad Byer
I build the tower
The definitive feature-length documentary on the Watts Towers in
Los Angeles I BUILD THE TOWER
“…the most complete visual account of self-made architect Simon
(Sam) Rodia and his masterpiece… research is awesome…” - Robert
Koehler, Variety
Rodia’s story and his towers embrace central
issues of American culture - immigration and race, rich and poor,
art and society
One of the 20 Best Documentaries about Los Angeles
See Dan Schindel on http://nonfics.com/20-best-documentaries-los-angeles/
“You got to do something they never got ‘em in the world!”
- Sabato (a.k.a. Sam and Simon) Rodia
“Sam Rodia will be
remembered as one of the greatest sculptors of the Twentieth Century.”
- R. Buckminster Fuller, architect, designer
“A lyrical
look at the South Los Angeles masterpiece constructed by Italian immigrant
Sabato ‘Sam’ Rodia… It includes, among much else, a fascinating 1983
interview that the filmmakers did with the engineer and futurist R.
Buckminster Fuller.” - Christopher Knight, art critic, Los Angeles
Times
(Extra BONUS DVD features entire uncut 40-minute interview
with Fuller)
“…the film is wonderful: lyrical, well-made
and edited, and compelling…” – Ken Burns, filmmaker
I BUILD
THE TOWER has been exhibited at the MUSEUM OF MODERN ART in New York
City, the NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART in Washington, D.C., the CALIFORNIA
AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM in Los Angeles, and the AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE’s
Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood and Aero Theatre in Santa Monica
For more about the film and details on how to order DVDs and CDs: https://www.ibuildthetower.com Or contact: Bench Movies 1900 Alder Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90065
edlandler@roadrunner.com (323) 225-5955