The Castle (2012)
8 min | B&W | HD | 1.78:1 | Stereo
'The Castle' provides a close-up look at Toronto's iconic City Hall. Designed by Finnish architect Viljo Revell and completed in 1965, it has since become a modernist architectural landmark - garnering praise and engendering controversy for nearly five decades. The camera probes the structure's convoluted facade, inviting the viewer to speculate whether the building's form indeed follows its function - to quote Louis Sullivan's famous dictum. Perhaps one would have to ask the remote and inscrutable inhabitants of The Castle ...