Antonio Gaudí:
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Main Author: Takemitsu, Tōru 1930-1996 (Composer)
Other Authors: Teshigahara, Hiroshi 1927-2001 (Director), Segawa, Junichi (Cinematographer), Puig Boada, Isidro (Actor)
Format: Video Software
Language:Japanese
Published: [S.l.] <<The>> Criterion Collection 2008
Series:The Criterion Collection 425
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Abstract:"Everything comes from the great book of Nature; human attainments are an already printed book."--Gaudi, end title screen. The Catalan architect, ceramist, and sculptor united Neo-Gothic mysticism and grandeur with Art Nouveau lines, combined with a surreal apprehension of the power of nature. Less of a documentary than a tribute, Teshigahara's film becomes a place to get lost, a radically hypnotic travelogue that's completely symbiotic with its subject. Almost wordless, this visual rhapsody is accompanied by music from composer Toru Takemitsu, whose free-floating East-meets-West impressionism and organic flow mimics the sprouting curvilinear shapes of Gaudi's buildings.
Item Description:Bildformat 1.33:1. - New, restored high-definition digital transfer
Orig.: Japan 1984
Enth. new video interview with architect Arata Isozaki ; "Gaudí, 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 Gaudí by director Ken Russell ; "Scultpures by Sofu - Vita", a short film by Teshigahara on the sculpture of his father, Sofu Teshigahara
Physical Description:2 DVDs, NTSC, Ländercode 1, 72 Min., farb., mono, Dolby digital 12 cm Beih. (36 S.)
ISBN:9781604650228