Maurice and I national release

Maurice and I is a richly informed unbiased movie centred on the interpersonal dynamic between Sir Miles Warren and his architectural accomplice, Maurice Mahoney the co-founders of — the now third-generation, multi award-winning follow — Warren and Mahoney.

The storyline reveals how the enduring pairing leveraged Sir Miles’ charisma and aptitude with Mahoney’s understated consideration to element and follows how these two visionary architects introduced Modernism to Christchurch and Brutalism to New Zealand.

Of the 1000’s of houses and industrial buildings Warren and Mahoney designed, one particularly had a far-reaching affect. With the acoustic improvements of Sir Harold Marshall, the Christchurch City Corridor revolutionised the design strategy to efficiency areas and acoustic engineering and have become a favorite venue for a number of the globe’s largest stars.

The Christchurch City Corridor was regarded by many, together with the architects themselves, as their most interesting work. Since its opening on 30 September in 1972, it has garnered worldwide approval for its elegant, Brutalist type, refined interiors, and world-leading acoustics.

So when the federal government’s post-quake plan threatened to demolish this iconic Christchurch landmark, Sir Miles and Maurice Mahoney (then of their 80s) joined a whole bunch of others to combat for its survival.

By uncommon archival footage and unique interviews — together with their closing dialog collectively — Maurice and I displays on the outstanding legacy of Warren and Mahoney, the neighborhood influence of their daring architectural imaginative and prescient, and the enduring significance of structure in shaping and enriching our lives.

Co-directed by Jane Mahoney, the movie is a love letter from a daughter to her father, a celebration of neighborhood, a tribute to the loss and trauma {that a} metropolis lived via, and a cautionary story of the social and environmental price of a government-led ‘fast-tracking’ crucial.

The movie loved a profitable, restricted launch as a part of the Resene Structure and Design Movie Competition in Might ’24. It has been operating in Christchurch theatres since then to develop into the best grossing movie ever on the Deluxe Cinemas. In October, the administrators will take it worldwide to indicate on the Structure Movie Competition Rotterdam, one of many world’s most prestigious structure movie festivals.

Audiences at residence have been captivated by the documentary from day one. Administrators Rick Harvie and Jane Mahoney (daughter of the late architect Maurice Mahoney) have had their inboxes flooded with response from cinema-goers.

“A triumph of yin and yang,” stated one. “The restraint and the extravagance, Miles and Maurice, humorous and critical, unhappy and joyous. It’s a marvel.” 

“Essentially the most spectacular factor I’ve seen and skilled for so long as I can keep in mind,” declared one other. “My eyes wouldn’t cease leaking… Everybody ought to see it.”

Learn a assessment by Julia Gatley right here.

Watch the trailer right here: