Jonathan Meades

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Jonathan Meades

Born January 21, 1947 · Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK (age 79)

Jonathan Turner Meades is an English writer and film-maker, primarily on the subjects of place, culture, architecture and food. His work spans journalism, fiction, essays, memoir and over fifty highly idiosyncratic television films, and has been described as "brainy, scabrous, mischievous", "iconoclastic" and possessed of "a polymathic breadth of knowledge and truly caustic wit".

Known For

Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador DaliSurrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali · 2002
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
5.82002
MovieHistoryTV Movie
A comic drama about the weird and wonderful world of Salvador Dali and the Surrealists. This film charts Dali's meteoric rise from obscurity to the world's most publicised artist.
L'AtlantideL'Atlantide · 1992
L'Atlantide
6.71992
MovieDramaAdventure
A mythical land who must be discover. Or invented. In an impressive library, two old men. One is a great Polish archaeologist at the end of his work. The second- his best friend. They are masters of a substantial slice of human history: legendary Atlantis. It is refuge and masterpiece, propriety and treasure.
Ben Building: Mussolini, Monuments and ModernismBen Building: Mussolini, Monuments and Modernism · 2016
Ben Building: Mussolini, Monuments and Modernism
6.52016
MovieDocumentary
Having previously investigated the architecture of Hitler and Stalin's regimes, Jonathan Meades turns his attention to another notorious 20th-century European dictator, Mussolini. His travels take him to Rome, Milan, Genoa, the new town of Sabaudia and the vast military memorials of Redipuglia and Monte Grappa. When it comes to the buildings of the fascist era, Meades discovers a dictator who couldn't dictate, with Mussolini caught between the contending forces of modernism and a revivalism that harked back to ancient Rome. The result was a variety of styles that still influence architecture today. Along the way, Meades ponders on the nature of fascism, the influence of the Futurists, and Mussolini's love of a fancy uniform.
Jerry Building: Unholy Relics of Nazi GermanyJerry Building: Unholy Relics of Nazi Germany · 1994
Jerry Building: Unholy Relics of Nazi Germany
7.01994
MovieHistoryDocumentary
Jonathan Meades explores the architecture of Nazi Germany, from its holiday camps to its concentration camps.
Joe Building: The Stalin Memorial LectureJoe Building: The Stalin Memorial Lecture · 2006
Joe Building: The Stalin Memorial Lecture
2006
MovieHistoryDocumentary
Jonathan Meades examines the cult of Stalinism through its buildings and monuments.
Franco Building with Jonathan MeadesFranco Building with Jonathan Meades · 2019
Franco Building with Jonathan Meades
2019
MovieDocumentary
Writer and broadcaster Jonathan Meades turns his gaze onto Spanish dictator Francisco Franco.
Travels with PevsnerTravels with Pevsner · 1997
Travels with Pevsner
1997
SeriesDocumentary
Series in which presenters explore architecture in the footsteps of Nikolaus Pevsner.
Jonathan Meades: Off KilterJonathan Meades: Off Kilter · 2009
Jonathan Meades: Off Kilter
2009
SeriesDocumentary
Jonathan Meades takes a quixotic tour of Scotland, a country which has intrigued him since he first encountered lists of towns only known from football coupons

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Ben Building: Mussolini, Monuments and ModernismBen Building: Mussolini, Monuments and Modernism · 2016
Ben Building: Mussolini, Monuments and Modernism
6.52016
MovieDocumentary
Having previously investigated the architecture of Hitler and Stalin's regimes, Jonathan Meades turns his attention to another notorious 20th-century European dictator, Mussolini. His travels take him to Rome, Milan, Genoa, the new town of Sabaudia and the vast military memorials of Redipuglia and Monte Grappa. When it comes to the buildings of the fascist era, Meades discovers a dictator who couldn't dictate, with Mussolini caught between the contending forces of modernism and a revivalism that harked back to ancient Rome. The result was a variety of styles that still influence architecture today. Along the way, Meades ponders on the nature of fascism, the influence of the Futurists, and Mussolini's love of a fancy uniform.

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