@article{453830, note = {Originally produced as a Japanese documentary in 1984.}, author = {Teshigahara, Hiroshi. and Nomura, Noriko S. and Puig Boada, Isidre. and Miyaguchi, Seiji, and Isozaki, Arata. and Hughes, Robert, and Chang, Mandy. and Russell, Ken,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/453830}, title = {Antonio Gaudí [videorecording] /}, publisher = {Criterion Collection,}, abstract = {"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.}, recid = {453830}, pages = {2 videodiscs (72 min.) :}, address = {[Irvington, NY] :}, year = {2008}, }