THE ARCHITECT PRODUCTION USA 2016 DIRECTOR Jonathan Parker STARRING Parker Posey (Drew), Eric McCormack (Colin), John Carrol Lynch (Conway), James Frain (Miles Moss), Pamela Reed (Colin s mother) A SYNOPSYS When a couple (Colin and Drew) sets out to build their dream house, they enlist the services of a visionary modernist architect (Miles Moss), whose ambitious ideas are matched only by his ego. The woman is fascinated by this uncompromising creative artist whose personality provides a stark contrast to her practical husband s. She is so taken that she hardly notices the architect is building his dream house. It is soon revealed that the architect s ego extends beyond his pretentious rhetoric: Miles Moss becomes entangled in a forbidden romance with Drew, who is inexplicably seduced by the man s selfprofessed creative genius. BEFORE VIEWING Answer the following questions. 1. After reading the synopsis, think of some pros and cons of hiring an architect to renovate your house and list them. 2. Can you name a building designed by a famous architect in the area where you live? 3. Surf the Net and find information about the most extravagant buildings in the world. FILM TRAILER 1 Now watch the film trailer and do the following activity by choosing the correct option or completing the dotted lines. 1. A young couple are looking for a. a new flat. b. a house to be transformed and renovated. c. a new house. 2. When the couple visits the house for the first time, the woman who is showing the property tells them that a. a famous person rented it for one summer. b. it is a historical building. c. it is a good place where to spend the summer holidays. 3. When the builders inspect the site with the owners, they say a. it would be very cheap to renovate it. b. it would be cheaper to build a new one. c. they do not want to work at the house. 4. Drew wants to hire Miles Moss as an architect because a. she has seen some buildings he has designed. b. somebody recommended him. c. she has heard about him 5. When talking about his job, the architect says that he turns dreams into a. bricks, wood, concrete, steel. b. stone, glass, steel, concrete. c. concrete, wood, steel, glass. 6. The architect says that his work starts with a period of intense a. meditation. b. communication. c. creation. 7. The architect misspells Colin s name into ........................................................................ . 8. What does the architect call the bedrooms? ........................................................................ . 9. The builders have an argument with the architect because they are afraid of a. losing their job. b. wasting their time. c. losing their money. 10. In the last scene, the architect compares designing a cathedral to designing a a. kitchen coop. b. chicken coop. c. chicken cop. ONLINE RESOURCES After viewing activities FINISHING TOUCHES Module 6 213