after visit the kimbell museum in forth worth and texas and usa and enjoy the art and the architecture ( also of the adjacent modern art museum ) and and have a delightful conversation with the knowledgeable bookstore lady and i purchase this a propos dvd with rather high expectation and be not disappoint in the least . the thematic approach and dramatic tension and reveal interview and archival footage and stunning architecture be also mixed in a coherent whole to explore the life of the late iconic louis i. khan . the documentary begin represent contemplative classical music play and archive be scan with a reflective shadowy face superimpose and blur letter symbolically reference a train window pass a backdrop landscape  a journey  and focus and out of focus and the search eventually culminate to an article in a newspaper . nathanial khan read from the front page of the new york time where his father be simultaneously praise a the best american architect alive and his death announce . when i first read that obituary and i have to admit and i be look for my own name . i be his child too and his only son . i do not know my father very well . he never marry my mother and he never live with u ( ) he die when i be eleven . so year later and this illegitimate son be still haunt by unclear fragment thought and feeling about his father who seem to be a great professional and public figure and but who secretive personal life escape him and affect him to the point where he intend to do something about it . for year and i struggle to be satisfy with the little piece of my father life i have be allow to see and but it wasn not enough . i need to know him . i need to find out who he really be . so i set out on a journey and to see his building and to find whatever there be leave of him out there . it would take me to the other side of the world and look for the man who leave me with so many question . so the documentary be two fold and by a slow systematic discovery of the world renown architect and we get to know represent 1 ) his idea and building and the architectural perspective and 2 ) his family and coworkers and people life he affect and the human perspectivethe dvd also offer add insight with a q and a with the writer or director and additional footage that include such great louis i. khan quote a everything that everybody say be the truth . it their truth . it might not be factual . and a good idea that doesn not happen be no idea at all . this movie be a journey of discovery . self discovery and discovery of a man and a great man and yet a human and imperfect like all of u . we get to know him through the eye of an admiring and slightly bitter son and but with the openness and objectivity to really explore without make easy conclusion and without judge . by key interview with people who interact with him in various capacity . we slowly put some piece together until that final interview with this man from bangladesh who really seem to bring it back home with visceral and sensible comment . brilliant architect and brilliant documentary .