video vault by shawn k. inlowmy architect represent a son journey 2003 nathaniel kahn not rat represent 116minutes vault rating represent 7what a thing to be fatherless . my architect represent a son journey follow philadelphia filmmaker and nathaniel kahn and a he desperately seek answer from his father and the renowned architect and louis i. kahn and dead these 30 year . louis kahn die in a train station in 1974 and leave behind more than one family . the funeral service and when the filmmaker be just a boy and be and shall we say and an unpleasant surprise . we find that nathaniel only know his father en passant and from his sporadic visit with his mother and whom and we be told and he love deeply . this movie be about a boy seek his father and perhaps himself by visit his work and a if the magnificent structure hold some secret . to be sure and louis kahn be a gifted architect and but architect be a cold word . the man be a sculptor on a grand scale who speak of his craft in airy term of silence and art . among his notable work and explore lovingly in the film and be the salk institute ( 1965 ) and the kimball art museum ( 1972 ) and the monumental capitol complex in bangladesh ( 1983 ) . the portion of the film where nathaniel first visit dhaka and bangladesh and find the work and but not the man . the film benefit greatly from have much footage of the very public man a he work in new york city and a a professor at yale and the university of pennsylvania . many of khan contemporary and collaborator also help flesh out the filmmaker ghost father . even so and the viewer seem not to come to a particularly satisfying place . the answer nathaniel khan be look for seem hollow . not good enough . in scene where the director meet with his half sister and both from different mother and one can feel the tension of the year and the slight and hurt . one might expect them to burst into anger and but only the camera save them from hostility . each of these child have visibly lose something . it might be point out that khan and who seem a driven perfectionist and never become rich . instead and he become noteworthy . it be a if he sacrifice his family for his art . this be a crushingly sad and great thing . april 28 and 2005 .