Nathaniel Kahn: My father, my architect

Translator: Miriam Matejova Reviewer: Lucia Lukanova

One thing I wanted to say about film making is -- about this film --

O filmovaní som chcel povedať -- o tomto filme --

in thinking about some of the wonderful talks we've heard here,

mysliac na niektoré zo skvelých prednášok, ktoré sme tu počuli,

Michael Moschen, and some of the talks about music,

napríklad Michaela Moschena a niektoré prednášky o hudbe,

this idea that there is a narrative line,

že existuje rozprávačstvo

and that music exists in time.

a že hudba existuje v čase.

A film also exists in time; it's an experience

Film takisto existuje v čase. Je to zážitok,

that you should go through emotionally.

ktorý by ste mali precítiť.

And in making this film I felt that so many of the documentaries I've seen

Pri filmovaní som cítil, že veľa dokumentárnych filmov, ktoré som videl,

were all about learning something,

bolo o učení sa,

or knowledge, or driven by talking heads, and driven by ideas.

alebo o poznaní, boli moderované a motivované myšlienkami.

And I wanted this film to be driven by emotions,

Chcel som ale tento film podriadiť citom

and really to follow my journey.

a sledovať ním moju cestu.

So instead of doing the talking head thing, instead it's composed of scenes,

Namiesto filmu poskladaného zo scén a rozprávačov teda

and we meet people along the way.

stretávame pozdĺž cesty ľudí.

We only meet them once.

Stretneme ich len raz.

They don't come back several times, so it really chronicles a journey.

Nevrátia sa niekoľkokrát, takže to naozaj dokumentuje cestu.

It's something like life, that once you get in it

Je to ako život. Ak doňho vstúpite,

you can't get out.

nemôžete vystúpiť.

There are two clips I want to show you,

Chcem vám ukázať dva klipy.

the first one is a kind of hodgepodge,

Prvý je taká zlátanina.

its just three little moments, four little moments

Len tri krátke momenty, štyri krátke momenty

with three of the people who are here tonight.

s tromi ľuďmi, ktorí tu dnes večer sú.

It's not the way they occur in the film,

Nie je to o tom, ako sa vyskytujú vo filme,

because they are part of much larger scenes.

lebo sú súčasťou oveľa väčších scén.

They play off each other in a wonderful way.

Nahrávajú si báječným spôsobom.

And that ends with a little clip of my father, of Lou,

Končí sa to krátkym klipom môjho otca, Lou,

talking about something that is very dear to him,

ktorý rozpráva o niečom, čo je mu veľmi drahé,

which is the accidents of life.

o náhodách v živote.

I think he felt that the greatest things in life were accidental,

Podľa mňa cítil, že tie najväčšie veci v živote boli náhodami,

and perhaps not planned at all.

asi vôbec neplánované.

And those three clips will be followed by a scene of

Po tých troch klipoch nasleduje scéna,

perhaps what, to me, is really his greatest building

s podľa mňa úplne najúžasnejšiou budovou -

which is a building in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

budova v Dhake v Bangladéši.

He built the capital over there.

Vybudoval tam parlament.

And I think you'll enjoy this building, it's never been seen --

Myslím, že sa vám tá budova bude páčiť, nikdy nebola videná.

it's been still photographed, but never photographed by a film crew.

Bola fotografovaná, ale nikdy nebola nafilmovaná.

We were the first film crew in there.

Boli sme tam prvým filmovým štábom.

So you'll see images of this remarkable building.

Keď uvidíte tú výnimočnú budovu,

A couple of things to keep in mind when you see it,

berte do úvahy niekoľko faktov.

it was built entirely by hand,

Bola vybudovaná celá ručne.

I think they got a crane the last year.

Myslím, že zohnali žeriav len minulý rok.

It was built entirely by hand off bamboo scaffolding,

Celá bola vybudovaná ručne z bambusového lešenia.

people carrying these baskets of concrete on their heads,

Ľudia nosili koše s betónom na hlavách,

dumping them in the forms.

a vyprázdňovali ich do foriem.

It is the capital of the country,

Je to hlavné mesto krajiny

and it took 23 years to build,

a výstavba trvala 23 rokov,

which is something they seem to be very proud of over there.

na čo sú tam ľudia zjavne veľmi hrdí.

It took as long as the Taj Mahal.

Trvalo to tak dlho ako Taj Mahal.

Unfortunately it took so long that Lou never saw it finished.

Bohužiaľ pridlho, aby to Lou videl dokončené.

He died in 1974.

Zomrel v 1974-tom.

The building was finished in 1983.

Budova bola dokončená v roku 1983.

So it continued on for many years

Výstavba pokračovala veľa rokov

after he died.

po jeho smrti.

Think about that when you see that building,

Myslite na to, keď tú budovu uvidíte,

that sometimes the things we strive for so hard in life we never get to see finished.

že nie vždy uvidíme dokončené to, o čo sa v živote tak veľmi usilujeme.

And that really struck me about my father,

To ma naozaj zaskočilo na mojom otcovi,

in the sense that he had such belief

ako veril v to,

that somehow, doing these things

že nejako robiac toto všetko,

giving in the way that he gave, that something good would come out of it,

dávajúc, ako dával, že niečo dobré z toho vzíde,

even in the middle of a war, there was a war with Pakistan at one point,

dokonca aj počas vojny - vtedy tam prebiehala vojna s Pakistanom.

and the construction stopped totally and he kept working,

Výstavba bola úplne zastavená, ale on pokračoval,

because he felt, "Well when the war is done

pretože cítil, že: "Keď sa vojna skončí,

they'll need this building."

budú túto budovu potrebovať."

So, those are the two clips I'm going to show.

Takže ukážem dva klipy.

Roll that tape.

Pustite pásku.

(Applause)

(Potlesk)

Richard Saul Wurman: I remember hearing him talk at Penn.

Richard Saul Wurman: Pamätám si, čo rozprával v Penn.

And I came home and I said to my father and mother,

Prišiel som domov a povedal svojmu otcovi a matke,

"I just met this man: doesn't have much work,

"Práve som stretol muža, čo nemá moc na práci,

and he's sort of ugly, funny voice,

je celkom škaredý so smiešnym hlasom,

and he's a teacher at school.

je učiteľom v škole.

I know you've never heard of him, but just mark this day

Ešte ste o ňom nikdy nepočuli, ale dnešok si zapamätajte,

that someday you will hear of him,

budete raz o ňom ešte počuť,

because he's really an amazing man."

pretože je skutočne výnimočný muž."

Frank Gehry: I heard he had some kind of a fling with Ingrid Bergman. Is that true?

Frank Gehry: Počul som, že mal nejaký románik s Ingrid Bergman. Je to pravda?

Nathaniel Kahn: If he did he was a very lucky man.

Nathaniel Kahn: Ak mal, bol veľmi šťastným mužom.

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

NK: Did you hear that, really?

NK: Naozaj si to počul?

FG: Yeah, when he was in Rome.

FG: Áno, keď bol v Ríme.

Moshe Safdie: He was a real nomad.

Moshe Safdie: On bol skutočný nomád.

And you know, when I knew him when I was in the office,

Vieš, keď som ho poznal, keď som bol v kancelárii,

he would come in from a trip, and he would be in the office

prišiel z cesty, bol v kancelárii

for two or three days intensely, and he would pack up and go.

dva alebo tri dni, a potom sa zbalil a šiel.

You know he'd be in the office till three in the morning working with us

Zvykol byť v kancelárii do tretej rána pracujúc s nami,

and there was this kind of sense of the nomad in him.

mal v sebe niečo nomádske.

I mean as tragic as his death was in a railway station,

Jeho smrť na stanici bola tragická,

it was so consistent with his life, you know?

ale zhodovala sa s jeho životom.

I mean I often think I'm going to die in a plane,

Často si myslím, že umriem v lietadle

or I'm going to die in an airport,

alebo na letisku

or die jogging without an identification on me.

alebo počas behu bez akejkoľvek identifikácie.

I don't know why I sort of carry that

Nosím so sebou asi

from that memory of the way he died.

v spomienke na to, ako umrel.

But he was a sort of a nomad at heart.

Bol však nomádom od srdca.

Louis Kahn: How accidental our existences are really

Louis Kahn: Akou náhodou sú naše existencie

and how full of influence by circumstance.

a nakoľko ovplyvnené okolnosťami.

Man: We are the morning workers who come, all the time, here

Muž: My sme raňajší robotníci, ktorí sem vždy prídu

and enjoy the walking, city's beauty and the atmosphere

a užívajú si prechádzku, mestskú krásu a atmosféru

and this is the nicest place of Bangladesh.

a toto je najkrajšie miesto v Bangladéši.

We are proud of it.

Sme na to hrdí.

NK: You're proud of it?

NK: Ste na to hrdí?

Man: Yes, it is the national image of Bangladesh.

Muž: Áno, je to národný obraz Bangladéša.

NK: Do you know anything about the architect?

NK: Viete niečo o architektovi?

Man: Architect? I've heard about him; he's a top-ranking architect.

Muž: Architektovi? Počul som o ňom. On je [nejasné] architekt.

NK: Well actually I'm here because I'm the architect's son,

NK: No vlastne som tu, lebo som architektov syn,

he was my father.

bol mojim otcom.

Man: Oh! Dad is Louis Farrakhan?

Muž: Ó! Otec je Luis Farrakhan?

NK: Yeah. No not Louis Farrakhan, Louis Kahn.

NK: Áno. Nie, nie Louis Farrakhan, Louis Kahn.

Man: Louis Kahn, yes!

Muž: Louis Kahn, áno!

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

Man: Your father, is he alive?

Muž: Váš otec je nažive?

NK: No, he's been dead for 25 years.

NK: Nie, je mŕtvy už 25 rokov.

Man: Very pleased to welcome you back.

Veľmi rád vás vítam späť.

NK: Thank you.

NK: Ďakujem.

NK: He never saw it finished, Pop.

NK: On to nikdy nevidel dokončené.

No, he never saw this.

Nie, nikdy to nevidel.

Shamsul Wares: It was almost impossible, building for a country like ours.

Shamsul Wares: Bolo takmer nemožné, budovať pre krajinu, akou je tá naša.

In 30, 50 years back, it was nothing, only paddy fields,

Pred 50-timi rokmi tu okrem ryžových polí nebolo nič

and since we invited him here,

a odkedy sme ho sem pozvali,

he felt that he has got a responsibility.

cítil, že má zodpovednosť.

He wanted to be a Moses here, he gave us democracy.

Chcel tu byť Mojžišom, dal nám demokraciu.

He is not a political man,

Nie je politikom,

but in this guise he has given us

ale týmto spôsobom nám dal

the institution for democracy, from where we can rise.

demokraciu, z ktorej môžeme povstať.

In that way it is so relevant.

Je to preto tak dôležité.

He didn't care for how much money this country has,

Nezaujímalo ho, koľko peňazí táto krajina má

or whether he would be able to ever finish this building,

alebo či by bol vôbec schopný túto budovu dokončiť,

but somehow he has been able to do it, build it, here.

ale akosi ju bol schopný urobiť, vybudovať ju tu.

And this is the largest project he has got in here, the poorest country in the world.

Je to najväčší projekt, aký kedy dal najchudobnejšej krajine na svete.

NK: It cost him his life.

NK: Stálo ho to život.

SW: Yeah, he paid. He paid his life for this,

SW: Áno, zaplatil. Zaplatil za to životom,

and that is why he is great and we'll remember him.

a preto je významný a my si ho budeme pamätať.

But he was also human.

Bol však tiež človekom,

Now his failure to satisfy the family life,

jeho neschopnosť pre rodinný život

is an inevitable association of great people.

je nevyhnutná vlastnosť výnimočných ľudí.

But I think his son will understand this,

Myslím si, že jeho syn tomu porozumie

and will have no sense of grudge,

a nebude mu mať za zlé,

or sense of being neglected, I think.

alebo mať pocit zanedbania.

He cared in a very different manner,

On dbal veľmi odlišným spôsobom,

but it takes a lot of time to understand that.

no porozumenie si vyžaduje veľa času.

In social aspect of his life

V spoločenskom živote

he was just like a child, he was not at all matured.

bol ako dieťa, vôbec nedospel.

He could not say no to anything,

Nevedel povedať nie

and that is why, that he cannot say no to things,

a pretože nevedel povedať nie,

we got this building today.

máme dnes túto budovu.

You see, only that way you can be able to understand him.

Porozumieš mu len týmto spôsobom.

There is no other shortcut,

Neexistuje nijaká iná skratka,

no other way to really understand him.

nijaký iný spôsob, ako ho naozaj pochopiť.

But I think he has given us this building

Myslím si ale - dal nám túto budovu

and we feel all the time for him,

a my naňho stále spomíname,

that's why, he has given love for us.

pretože nám dal lásku.

He could not probably give the right kind of love for you,

Možno tebe nemohol dať ten správny druh lásky,

but for us, he has given the people the right kind of love,

ale pre nás, dal tým ľuďom ten správny druh lásky,

that is important.

to je dôležité.

You have to understand that.

Musíš to chápať.

He had an enormous amount of love,

On mal obrovské množstvo lásky,

he loved everybody.

on miloval každého.

To love everybody, he sometimes did not see

Pretože miloval každého, niekedy nevidel

the very closest ones,

tých najbližších,

and that is inevitable for men of his stature.

a to je nevyhnutné u mužov jeho veľkosti.

(Applause)

(Potlesk)