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Catalan architect Antoni Gaud (18521926) designed some of the worlds most astonishing buildings, interiors, and parks; Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara constructed some of the most aesthetically audacious films ever made. InAntonio Gaud,their artistry melds in a unique, enthralling cinematic experience. Less a documentary than a visual poem, Teshigaharas filmtakes viewers on a tour of Gauds truly spectacular architecture, including his massive, still-unfinished masterpiece, the Sagrada Famlia basilica in Barcelona. With camera work as bold and sensual as the curves of his subjects organic structures, Teshigahara immortalizes Gaud on film.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
Interview from 2008 with architect Arata Isozaki
Gaud, Catalunya, 1959,footage from director Hiroshi Teshigaharas first trip to Spain
Gods Architect: Antoni Gaud,an hour-long documentary from 2003 on the architects life and work
BBC program from 1961 on Gaud by filmmaker Ken Russell
Sculptures by SofuVita,a 1963 short film by Teshigahara on the sculpture work of his father, Sofu Teshigahara
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PLUS: An essay by art historian Dore Ashton, a 1986 reminiscence by Hiroshi Teshigahara, and excerpts from a 1959 conversation among the Teshigaharas and others about their trip to the West
Cover by Sarah Habibi