Antonio Gaudí
Title:
Antonio Gaudí
ISBN:
9781604650228
Publication Information New:
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2008.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (72 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Series:
The Criterion collection ; 425
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 425.
General Note:
Originally produced as a Japanese documentary in 1984.
Contents:
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
Gaudí, Catalunya, 1959 [featurette]
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.
Personal Subject:
Language:
Japanese