Since Wim Wenders’s new documentary “Pina” hit the theaters this month, the online world hasn’t stopped talking about the German film director’s plan to create a 3D documentary film on architecture. In a recent interview with the Documentary Channel, Wenders revealed his plans stating, “I have actually already started a long-term project, another documentary in 3D. It will take several years, but it’s going to be about architecture. I have always wanted to do a film about architecture, and I have a lot of architect friends. But that is another subject I never really knew how to approach with film. I realized through PINA that architecture is something that could have a real affinity to this medium. We started shooting already, but it’s at the very, very beginning. That’s going to be my next documentary project in 3D, but I would definitely also do a narrative film in the future in 3D as well.”
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Wenders continues with the interview stating, “Most architects build this stuff and they already have 3D representation. They can enter a building before they even build it. But I think especially with modern architecture, to make a film that really deals with the sense of place and how it changes the way people use buildings and are shaped by cities and buildings, that could not really have been done before. To feel what the room does to you, that is something that you could describe almost better in words than in a two-dimensional film. It is really about a sense of place. That’s a feeling that many architects share with filmmakers and that’s a common thing the two professions have. I’m really excited to have this tool now that gives this sense of place, and so I am quite excited about my architecture project.”
Indiewire points out Wenders presence at the 2010 Biennale of Venice with the 3D short film entitled “If Buildings Could Talk”, suggesting that may have been the starting point for the new documentary.
“If Buildings Could Talk”:
In an interview at the 2010 Biennale of Venice by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Wenders tributes painting as his inspiration for filmmaking, similar to architect Frank Gehry.
PINA Official International Trailer:
Reference: The Huffington Post, Indiewire, Documentary Channel
