Antonio Gaudí: Border Crossings
By March 17, 2008
During the Second World War, when Hiroshi Teshigahara was a schoolboy, Japan’s cities—above all his hometown, Tokyo—were mercilessly firebombed. He, and his future associates in countless Read more »
- Japan
- 1984
- 72 minutes
- Color
- 1.33:1
- Japanese
- Spine #425
SYNOPSIS: Catalan architect Antonio 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. Here their artistry melds in a unique, enthralling cinematic experience. Less a documentary than a visual poem, Teshigahara’s Antonio Gaudí takes viewers on a tour of Gaudí’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 Gaudí on film.
Cast & CreditsOpen
Cast
| Interviewee | Isidro Puig Boada |
| Boada's voice-over | Seiji Miyaguchi |
Credits
| Director | Hiroshi Teshigahara |
| Producer | Hiroshi Teshigahara |
| Editing | Hiroshi Teshigahara |
| Cinematography | Junichi Segawa, Yoshikazu Yanagida and Ryu Segawa |
| Music | Toru Takemitsu |
Disc Features
SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- New video interview with architect Arata Isozaki
- Gaudí, Catalunya, 1959, footage from director Hiroshi Teshigahara’s first trip to Spain
- Visions of Space: Antonio Gaudí, a one-hour documentary on the architect’s life and work
- A BBC program on Gaudí by director Ken Russell
- Sculptures by Sofu—Vita, a short film by Teshigahara on the sculpture of his father, Sofu Teshigahara
- Original theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by art historian Dore Ashton, a reminiscence by Hiroshi Teshigahara, and Hiroshi and Sofu discussing their trip to the West
