Antonio Gaudi

published Jan 8, 2008
Antonio Gaudi
Catalan architect Antonio Gaud� (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 of the second half of the twentieth century.

Here, their artistry melds in a unique, enthralling cinematic experience.

Less a documentary than a visual poem, Teshigahara's Antonio Gaud� takes viewers on a tour of Gaud�'s truly spectacular architecture, including his massive, still-unfinished masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia cathedral, in Barcelona.

With camera work as bold and sensual as the curves of his subject's organic structures, Teshigahara immortalizes Gaud� on film.