We went to a screening of Stardust, the very brilliant and extremely moving film which Jim Venturi and Anita Naughton have made about Jim’s parents, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown. 

I didn’t know quite what expect, but it is funny, deeply interesting and informative about them as architects, as people, and, most especially demonstrates how horribly badly Denise has been treated, subordinated and and the importance of her role in their partnership underestimated not least, as the film shows, by Bob. 

Philip Johnson comes across as a total monster.  The way they were treated as architects of the Sainsbury Wing is demonstrated only too clearly.  The only person who comes across as understanding and appreciating the Sainsbury Wing and its galleries at the time of its opening is Andrew Graham Dixon who was magnificent in describing its virtues. 

There is another screening on January 21st.  It deserves the widest possible audience.