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Antonio Gaudí

1984 · 1h 12m · NOT RATED Documentary
Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara

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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. 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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Something of a passion project, completed decades after an earlier visit by the director, the film is given over to an eager, rolling catalog of Gaudi's fin de siecle works sans much voiceover or any explanatory text.

Nicolas Rapold, Village Voice
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This 1984 documentary about the architect essentially lets Gaudi's work speak for itself, and it couldn't be more eloquent.

Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
Fresh

The film is a visual rhapsody enhanced with music and sound effects created by the renowned Japanese film composer Toru Takemitsu and two collaborators.

Stephen Holden, New York Times

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