The Vision of Paolo Soleri: Prophet in the Desert
The Vision of Paolo Soleri Prophet in the Desert is a 2013 American documentary film directed by Lisa Scafuro on the life amp work of the late Italian Architect and environmentalist Paolo Soleri.
Scarfuro first showed an interest in creating a documentary about Soleri after befriending him at his studio in August 1996. She approached Ken Burns at the unveiling of the PBS documentary Frank Lloyd Wright with the intent of asking him to film the documentary, only for Burns to recommend that Scarfuro herself work on the documentary as he was booked up a decade in advance for projects. Scarfuro began filming around 2004 and ended filming in early 2012. The majority of the film was shot in Arizona, with various oncamera interviews and pickup shots filmed in New York City, Washington DC When Soleri was honored at The White House, Italy, and California. For the narration, Scafuro chose to use Swedish musician amp artist JP White from the rock band Vains of Jenna.The Vision of Paolo Soleri took Scafuro seven years to complete. Editing and postproduction on the film was completed in mid2013, but Soleri was able to view a rough cut of the film on his final birthday, June 21, 2012. Soleri enjoyed the film and gave it his approval, telling Scafuro Bravo. ........
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