Antonio Gaudí
(DVD)

Originally produced as a Japanese documentary in 1984.

Photography, Junichi Segawa, Yoshikazu Yanagida, Ryu Segawa ; music, Toru Takemitsu, Kurodo Mouri, Shinji Hori ; editor, Eiko Yoshida ; consultant, René Roland.

Interview [subject] Isidro Puig Boada; Voice of Isidro Puig Boada, Seiji Miyaguchi.

"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.

DVD format ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital mono. ; high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound ; 1.33:1 aspect ratio.

In Japanese with optional subtitles in English.