Video: Samara

DavidC · Post by **DavidC** » Tue May 24, 2011 8:49 am

Frank Lloyd Wright's Samara - [10:36]

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Roderick Grant · Post by **Roderick Grant** » Tue May 24, 2011 2:23 pm

The photo at the start, of FLW grinning and smoking, two things he never did, is the worst portrait ever done of him. But the video about Samara is very interesting. Mr. Christian has done an exemplary job of taking care of his treasure.

peterm · Post by **peterm** » Tue May 24, 2011 3:42 pm

Mr. Christian is charming and witty, and well aware of what a treasure that he has lived with for years. Almost all of the original owners of these houses who have appeared in these video interviews are intelligent and extremely charismatic folks.

Wright did smoke, but only for a short time. Transcripts from the Mike Wallace interviews, 1957:

WRIGHT: I admired and respected my old master Louis Sullivan, despite of his faults. I think if you are going to admire and respect anybody you'll have to put up with a few faults, won't you?

WALLACE: I imagine.

WRIGHT: I think there is no unremitted... unremitting consecration of opinion to any individual because we all have something to apologize for, don't you think?

WALLACE: All of us, yes. I understand last week...

WRIGHT: For instance, that thing you have in your mouth now.

WALLACE: This cigarette?

WRIGHT: Is that something that you feel like apology... apologizing for?

WALLACE: Not at all, I enjoy it. Can I offer you one?

WRIGHT: That is just the point.

WALLACE: May I offer you one?

WRIGHT: No thank you, I wouldn't know how to smoke it.

WALLACE: Have you never smoked, sir?

WRIGHT: Yes, I've smoked about six months. (CLEARS THROAT) Well, I won't go through the story. This isn't cricket.

WALLACE: Oh, it's perfectly all right. Some do, some don't.

WRIGHT: Let's leave the cigarette smoker his solace.