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Title:
Antonio Gaudí [DVD video]
Publication Date:
2008
Publication Information:
[New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, ©2008.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
ISBN:
9781604650228
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.
General Note:
Originally produced as a Japanese documentary in 1984.
Performers:
Interview [subject] Isidro Puig Boada; Voice of Isidro Puig Boada, Seiji Miyaguchi.
Contents:
Booklet : Chapters -- Cast and credits -- "Border crossings" / Dore Ashton -- "My first trip to the West" / Hiroshi Teshigahara -- A photographic view of travels in the West -- About the transfer.
Disc one: The film Logos -- Magic Fountain of Montjuïc -- Barcelona -- Spanish art -- Palace of Catalan music -- Casa Amatller -- Casa Batlló -- La Pedrera -- Catalonian countryside -- Designs -- Casa Vicens -- Bellesguard -- Santa Teresa School -- Güell Pavilions -- Güell palace -- Güell cellar -- Sagrada Familia School -- La Boqueria market -- Colònia Güell crypt -- Park Güell -- Montserrat -- Sagrada Família -- End credits -- Color bars (72 min.) () Special features: Theatrical trailer (2 min.).
Disc two: The supplements: Gaudí, Catalunya, 1959 [featurette] / by Hiroshi Teshigahara (20 min.) -- Arata Isozaki interview [featurette] (13 min.) -- Visions of Space: Antoni Gaudí God's architect [featurette] / BBC ; by Robert Hughes ; produced and directed by Mandy Chang (60 min) (2003) -- Monitor [featurette; b & w] / Ken Russell (16 min) (2003) -- Vita: Sculptures by Sofu [featurette; b & w and color] / by Hiroshi Teshigahara (17 min.) (); booklet includes the essays "Border Crossings" by Dore Ashton and "My First Trip to the West" by Hiroshi Teshigahara.
Technical Details:
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital mono. ; high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound ; 1.33:1 aspect ratio.
Personal Subject:
Language:
Japanese
Additional Language:
In Japanese with optional subtitles in English.
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