Thanks so much for finally releasing this!!! Jaffe is one of my favorite architects. I love the history you gave on him. Fantastic assortment of photos and footage that I've never seen. His disappearance is still EXTREMELY suspect. The passing of time hasn't made it any less strange. I dunno if I'm buying a "shark food" theory.
I came here after I saw one of those channels that explores abandon houses explore one of his houses and it was like the most amazing house I have ever seen. 11 autumn terrace. Unfortunately I think it got demolished 😢 But It seems he built without budget in mind at all. I’m sure it was extremely stressful working with clients who were so demanding and entitled
This is a 30-minute doc. film I made in 2005 -- 19 years ago!! -- about the work and premature death of Norman Jaffe, a handsome, successful, prolific, and highly charismatic (and enigmatic) architect of the Hamptons-New-York-City axis who went for a swim off a Bridgehampton beach in August 1993, and never returned. His body--except for a fragment of hip bone--was never found. As a result, there was a great deal of speculation about the nature of his ending. Did he drown? Commit suicide? Was he eaten by a shark? Was he murdered? Some even believed that he had faked his own death and run off to Africa or India. Since his body never washed ashore, speculation about his fate continues to this day, 30 years after the fact. Wherever he may be, may he rest in peace...
that's right. "mid-century modern" architects or "mid-century modern" inspired architects are simply car salesmen for their doodles. they have no sense of future maintenance and water control...and they don't care. the only thing they care about is building something "cool" and finding some sucker who will pay for its construction.
Wiki: "Early in the morning of August 19, 1993, Jaffe disappeared while swimming off a beach in Bridgehampton, New York, where he was known to often swim alone. His clothes and other personal items were found unattended on the beach. He had only learned to swim in his 50s, and his friends and family were reported as saying he was an overconfident but poor swimmer. A month later, fishermen found a human pelvic bone on the beach near where Jaffe disappeared. A humerus was also found on a beach in East Hampton, several miles away. The Suffolk County, New York, Medical examiner used medical records and x-rays to confirm the remains belonged to Jaffe." I guess these days DNA comparison with his sons would have been done.
No need to reduce or diminish the creativity of this man’s work. All artists study one another but that’s not only what they do. They are inspired by others and then create something new. True for artists, sculptors, musicians, writers…
You are SO RIGHT. This film feels like a pile of quotes trying to convince the viewer of a scenario for a death- and it goes TOO FAR in a the HE WAS LARGER THAN LIFE vein. It also neglects to mention his OVERSEAS activities in WAR TORN countries. And one just gets that MOSSAD feeling. Doesn’t one?
@@James_Bowie It’s a matter of pattern recognition. Not much more. I can list similar fishy exit stories. In the days ahead, as the 🌍 goes to Hades simultaneously and across “national” boundaries, mocking remarks that support conventional explanations will dwindle. Wiser people will come to their own conclusions about our supranational oligarchy. And it will be the three letter agencies producing any alien 👽 spectacles.
Thanks so much for finally releasing this!!! Jaffe is one of my favorite architects.
I love the history you gave on him. Fantastic assortment of photos and footage that I've never seen.
His disappearance is still EXTREMELY suspect. The passing of time hasn't made it any less strange. I dunno if I'm buying a "shark food" theory.
I came here after I saw one of those channels that explores abandon houses explore one of his houses and it was like the most amazing house I have ever seen. 11 autumn terrace. Unfortunately I think it got demolished 😢 But It seems he built without budget in mind at all. I’m sure it was extremely stressful working with clients who were so demanding and entitled
Incredible documentary, I was so intrigued I went out and found a copy of the Romantic Modernist to read!
And where did you manage to get a copy of it?
@@OGCHuila Amazon has a few for sale that are in good condition
This is a 30-minute doc. film I made in 2005 -- 19 years ago!! -- about the work and premature death of Norman Jaffe, a handsome, successful, prolific, and highly charismatic (and enigmatic) architect of the Hamptons-New-York-City axis who went for a swim off a Bridgehampton beach in August 1993, and never returned. His body--except for a fragment of hip bone--was never found. As a result, there was a great deal of speculation about the nature of his ending. Did he drown? Commit suicide? Was he eaten by a shark? Was he murdered? Some even believed that he had faked his own death and run off to Africa or India. Since his body never washed ashore, speculation about his fate continues to this day, 30 years after the fact. Wherever he may be, may he rest in peace...
"It's not the object itself, but the object's role in interrupting the light that is significant." I like that.
Fascinating story!!
This is such a wonderful documentary. Thank you so much for making and sharing this. 😊
Nice video. Thanks.
Those lack of eves on his buildings are kind of cool looking , but as a builder, I really worry about water intrusion.
that's right. "mid-century modern" architects or "mid-century modern" inspired architects are simply car salesmen for their doodles. they have no sense of future maintenance and water control...and they don't care. the only thing they care about is building something "cool" and finding some sucker who will pay for its construction.
Quite enjoying this! Norman Jaffe is quite persuasive.
Great as always !
Truman Capote had a cabin/bungalow type house in the middle of the potato field in 1962
the stallion trl house i believe is very bueatiful but the p.cohen is my dream. he was such a gift. a terrible loss sadly. cheers
Wiki: "Early in the morning of August 19, 1993, Jaffe disappeared while swimming off a beach in Bridgehampton, New York, where he was known to often swim alone. His clothes and other personal items were found unattended on the beach. He had only learned to swim in his 50s, and his friends and family were reported as saying he was an overconfident but poor swimmer. A month later, fishermen found a human pelvic bone on the beach near where Jaffe disappeared. A humerus was also found on a beach in East Hampton, several miles away. The Suffolk County, New York, Medical examiner used medical records and x-rays to confirm the remains belonged to Jaffe."
I guess these days DNA comparison with his sons would have been done.
Did he do any houses for people without a lot of means? Looks like his clients were all wealthy.
He built very high end homes, mostly in The Hamptons. Definitely a high end architect.
Everything he did was Bauhaus, Mies, or Corbu, even copies of FLW
No need to reduce or diminish the creativity of this man’s work. All artists study one another but that’s not only what they do. They are inspired by others and then create something new. True for artists, sculptors, musicians, writers…
Which architects create/design buildings in a similar way today?
it sounds like they are all telling a scripted and convincing story about how bad of a swimmer he was.
You are SO RIGHT.
This film feels like a pile of quotes trying to convince the viewer of a scenario for a death- and it goes TOO FAR in a the HE WAS LARGER THAN LIFE vein.
It also neglects to mention his OVERSEAS activities in WAR TORN countries.
And one just gets that MOSSAD feeling.
Doesn’t one?
@@timothysullivan6790 Ah, there's nothing like a good conspiracy theory. Hey don't rule out aliens in a flying saucer spiriting him away.
@@James_Bowie It’s a matter of pattern recognition. Not much more.
I can list similar fishy exit stories.
In the days ahead, as the 🌍 goes to Hades simultaneously and across “national” boundaries, mocking remarks that support conventional explanations will dwindle.
Wiser people will come to their own conclusions about our supranational oligarchy.
And it will be the three letter agencies producing any alien 👽 spectacles.