Antonio Gaudí
Antoni Gaud (1852–1926), a Catalan architect, produced some of the world's most extraordinary structures, interiors, and parks; Hiroshi Teshigahara, a Japanese director, created some of the most aesthetically adventurous films of the second half of the twentieth century. Their artistry comes together in this one-of-a-kind, fascinating cinematic experience. Teshigahara's Antoni Gaud is less of a documentary than it is a visual poem, taking viewers on a tour of Gaud's genuinely amazing architecture, including his colossal yet unfinished masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona. Teshigahara immortalizes Gaud on film with camerawork as strong and sensual as the curves on his subject's organic surfaces.