REVIEWS
“Architecture aficionados, and design mavens in general, will have an agreeable time with “Visual Acoustics”…”
- REVIEW by ANDY WEBSTER in THE NEW YORK TIMES
“”Visual Acoustics” is nominally about the life and career of landmark Southern California architectural photographer Julius Shulman, but it’s more about the buildings he photographed than it is about him. Which is probably the way he’d like it.”
- REVIEW by KENNETH TURAN in LOS ANGELES TIMES
“There are two audiences for Eric Bricker’s “Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman.” The first is people with an abiding interest in architecture, photography, art, design and historical Southern California. The other is anyone who wants to see a really terrific, intensely focused documentary on a fascinating personality.”
- REVIEW by KIRK HONEYCUTT in THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
“Just about everyone in Eric Bricker’s festschrift seems to love Julius Shulman, including (adorably) the unstoppable old gent himself. What’s not to like?”
- REVIEW by ELLA TAYLOR in THE VILLAGE VOICE
“A thoroughly compelling, well-edited and illuminating documentary that rarely has a dull moment.”
- REVIEW by AVI OFFER for THE NYC MOVIE GURU
“An hour and 20 minutes may seem like a hefty investment to make for the life and work of a man who photographed buildings. But Julius Shulman, the irrepressible and engaging subject of the documentary “Visual Acoustics,” was no ordinary architectural photographer, and his long and productive career makes for a fascinating primer in modern architecture, Los Angeles culture and the meaning of a well-lived life.”
- REVIEW by PHIL KENNICOTT for THE WASHINGTON POST
”Eric Bricker’s glowing portrait of Shulman uses its subject’s photos to persuade the viewer that one picture is worth a thousand architectural masterworks.”
- REVIEW by CARRIE RICKEY for PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
“Eric Bricker’s handsome, functional if not very cinematic tribute to Shulman emphatically argues for his place as the most important of architecture photographers, and the person who has directly conveyed the titular style to a wider public.”
- REVIEW by ROBERT KOEHLER in VARIETY
ARTICLES / INTERVIEWS
VISUAL ACOUSTICS in the NEW YORK TIMES by STEVEN KURUTZ
VISUAL ACOUSTICS on indieWIRE: “THE PHOTOGRAPHS SANG TO ME”
VISUAL ACOUSTICS on THE HUFFINGTON POST: “STUDYING THE LESSONS OF MODERNITY FROM A MASTER”
VISUAL ACOUSTICS in MOVIEMAKER MAGAZINE: “THE ART OF VISUAL ACOUSTICS”
ERIC BRICKER INTERVIEWED by ALISSA WALKER for DWELL ON DESIGN
ARTICLE by CHALE NAFUS for AUSTIN FILM SOCIETY
ARTICLE by ANNE S. LEWIS in THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE
ARTHOUSE HAS “ACOUSTICS” in INDIEWIRE
ARTICLE by ERIC BRICKER for MOVING PICTURES MAGAZINE
ARTICLE by CHARLES EALY in AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN
ERIC BRICKER INTERVIEWED by MATT SMITH in AUSTINIST
ERIC BRICKER INTERVIEWED by IKER GIL for MAS CONTEXT
AWARDS
AUDIENCE AWARD for BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE at PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
AUDIENCE AWARD for BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE at AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL
AWARD for BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE at LONE STAR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
AWARD for OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT in DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING at NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL