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Antonio Gaudí: The Criterion Collection

DVD/APPROX. 72 MINS./1984/US NR

Main feature:

Release Mar 18, 2008
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audio Japanese: Dolby Digital 1.0
Subtitles English
Studio Criterion/Voyager
Year 1984
Genre Documentary

Special features:

  • Disc One
  • - New, restored high-definition digital transfer
  • - Original theatrical trailer
  • - New and improved English subtitle translation
  • Disc Two
  • - New video interview with architect Arata Isozaki
  • - Gaudi, Catalunya, 1959, footage from director Hiroshi Teshigahara's first trip to Spain
  • - Visions of Space: "God's Architect", a one-hour BBC special on Antonio Gaudi's life and work
  • - A program on Gaudi by director Ken Russell
  • - Sculptures by Sofu - Vita, a short film by Teshigahara on the sculpture of his father, Sofu Teshigahara
  • - PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by art historian Dore Ashton, a reminiscence by Hiroshi Teshigahara, and Hiroshi and Sofu discussing their trip to the West.

Synopsis:

Catalan architect Antonio Gaudí (1852 - 1926) designed some of the world's most astonishing buildings, interiors, and parks; Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara constructed some of the most aesthetically audacious films of the second half of the twentieth century. Here, their artistry melds in a unique, enthralling cinematic experience. Less a documentary than a visual poem, Teshigahara's Antonio Gaudí takes viewers on a tour of Gaudí's truly spectacular architecture, including his massive, still-unfinished masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia cathedral, in Barcelona. With camera work as bold and sensual as the curves of his subject's organic structures, Teshigahara immortalizes Gaudí on film.

Cast and Crew:

Criterion/Voyager presents
"Antonio Gaudí: The Criterion Collection"
produced byNoriko Nomura
directed byHiroshi Teshigahara
Production Year: 1984

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