Antonio Gaudi [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Seiji Miyaguchi Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara

Overview

Antonio Gaudi's startling, unique architectural and essentially sculptural creations like his undulating walls are presented with clarity and in context in this interesting documentary by Hiroshi Teshigahara. Gaudi was a Catalan, like his well-known fellow artists Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, and Salvador Dali, and he was inspired by Catalan art of the Middle Ages, specifically the Romanesque Period. Teshigahara provides a background on the region and politics of Cataluna, and reviews the Romanesque Period in art, 1000-1300 C.E., so that viewers can understand where Gaudi was coming from. Then the artist's creations are analyzed in a succinct, careful manner which reveals more to the eye than just uninformed looking could ever do.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/18/2020
UPC:	0715515241717
Original Release:	1984
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	A
Language:	English
Time:	1:12:00
Sales rank:	5,331

Special Features

High-Definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; Interview from 2008 with architect Arata Isozaki; Gaudi, Catalunya, 1959, footage from Director Hiroshi Teshigahara's first trip to Spain; God's Architect: Antoni Gaudi, an hour-long documentary from 1961 on Gaudi by filmmaker Ken Russell; Sculptures by Sofu-Vita, a 1963 short film by Teshigahara on the sculpture work of his father, Sofu Teshigahara; Trailer; Plus: An essay by art historian Dore Ashton, a 1986 reminiscence by Hiroshi Teshigahara, and excerpts from a 1959 conversation among the Teshigaharas

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Seiji Miyaguchi	Boada
Tôru Takemitsu	Composer

Technical Credits

Hiroshi Teshigahara	Director,Producer
Noriko Nomura	Producer