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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 ... 
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