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DVD

Antonio Gaudí

Call Number

  • DVD 921 G267T (CEN)

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Edition

Special edition double-disc set. ; full screen version.

Languages

Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles.

Performers

Interviewee: Isidro Puig Boada ; Boada's voice over: Seiji Miyaguchi.

Publication Information

[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2008]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (72 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (34 p.)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Antonio Gaudí designed some of the world's most astonishing buildings, interiors, and parks. Takes viewers on a tour of Gaudí's truly spectacular architecture, including his massive, still-unfinished masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia cathedral.

Notes

Title from container.

Booklet features a new essay by art historian Dore Ashton, a reminiscence by Hiroshi Teshigahara, and Hiroshi and Sofu discussing their trip to the West.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1984.

Special features: Disc one: New, restored digital transfer; original theatrical trailer ; Disc two: New video interview with architect Arata Isozaki; "Gaudí, Catalunya, 1959," footage from director Hiroshi Teshigahara's first trip to Spain; "Visions of space: 'God's architect,'" one-hour BBC special on Antonio Gaudí's life and work; a program on Gaudí by director Ken Russell; "Sculptures by Sofu - Vita" short film by Teshigahara on the sculpture of his father Sofu Teshigahara ; booklet.

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