Though the movie is called Tall, and it outlines the technological developments that made skyscrapers possible, it is really an aesthetic argument—verbal and, even more, cinematically visual—in favor of the organic over the mechanical, the ornamental versus minimalist, the beautiful rather than the starkly utilitarian, American over European. And much of it, as seems to be this director’s way (his film about elevated subway stations is viewable on YouTube), is just plain visual poetry—with great music, like architectural “videos” set to jazz, Baroque instrumentals, and a string quartet or two.
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