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Antonio Gaudi (The Criterion Collection) DVD

Unrated :: Criterion Collection :: Released: 2008-03-18

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Antonio Gaudi (The Criterion Collection) Summary 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 Gaudi Takes Viewers On A Tour Of Gaudí S Truly Spectacular Architecture, Including His Massive Still-unfinished Masterpiece, The Sagrada Familia Cathedral, In Barcelona. With Camerawork As Bold And Sensual As The Curves On His Subject S Organic Surfaces, Teshigahara Immortalizes Gaudí On Film.

special Features
* - New, Restored High-definition Digital Transfer
* - New Video Interview With Architect Arata Isozaki
* - Gaudí, Catalunya 1959, A Short Film By Hiroshi Teshigahara Featuring Footage From His First Trip To Spain
* - Monitor: Antonio Gaudí (1961), A Short Film Essay By Director Ken Russell
* - Vita, A Short Film By Teshigahara On The Sculpture Work Of His Father, Sofu Teshigahara
* - Original Theatrical Trailer
* - New And Improved English Subtitle Translation
* - Plus: A Booklet Featuring A New Essay By Art Historian Dore Ashton, And Reprinted Writings By Hiroshi And Sofu

Creator of one of the most bizarre and organic styles in the history of architecture, Antonio Gaudi Cornet, Spain's national treasure, was blessed with not only the vision, but the patronage that allowed him to build his elaborate and surreal designs. With Antonio Gaudi, Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara (Woman in the Dunes) gives a tour of the makings of Gaudi's world. Almost entirely without narration, Teshigahara guides us instead with an eerie score by Toru Takemitsu and a few subtitles. The film is more a poem than a documentary, but don't expect an approach similar to Godfrey Reggio's Koyaanisqatsi. Instead we are given a quiet soundtrack that mixes Takemitsu's sparse score with the natural sounds surrounding Gaudi's structures, and a stationary camera presents the buildings as if they have sprouted: supports seem to magically erupt from the ground like roots, and our eyes are led through the textures and patterns of Gaudi's elaborate mosaic stone and brick designs. Visually revealing and comprehensive, Teshigahara leaves us with only one thing to do--to view Gaudi's amazing world with our own eyes. --Ted Sonnenschein

Antonio Gaudi [2 Discs] [Criterion... DVD Techincal Details Cast: Isidro Puig Boada
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Rated: Unrated
Running Time: 72 mins
UPC: 715515028325
Binding: DVD
Studio: Criterion Collection
Release Date: 2008-03-18
Region Code: 1
Specs: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Restored, Subtitled

Language & Subtitles English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Japanese (Original Language - Dolby Digital 1.0), Spanish (Original Language),