Antonio Gaudí
Antonio Gaudí
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1h 12m
Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara • 1984 • Japan
Catalan architect Antoni 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 ever made. In ANTONIO GAUDÍ, their artistry melds in a unique, enthralling cinematic experience. Less a documentary than a visual poem, Teshigahara’s film takes viewers on a tour of Gaudí’s truly spectacular architecture, including his massive, still-unfinished masterpiece, the Sagrada Família basilica in Barcelona. With camera work as bold and sensual as the curves of his subject’s organic structures, Teshigahara immortalizes Gaudí on film.
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Gaudí, Catalunya, 1959
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Arata Isozaki on Hiroshi Teshigahara
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Sculptures by Sofu—Vita
Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara • 1963 • Japan
The following is a short film that Hiroshi Teshigahara made in 1963. It documents the installation of a sculpture exhibition at the Sogetsu Institute by his father, Sofu Teshigahara.
