Hiroshi Teshigahara’s audacious, enigmatic tribute to a true architectural visionary Now on Blu-ray Catalan architect Antoni Gaudà (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. In Antonio GaudÃ, their artistry melds in a unique, enthralling cinematic experience. Less a documentary than a visual poem, Teshigahara’s film takes viewers on a tour of GaudÃ’s truly spectacular architecture, including his massive, still-unfinished masterpiece, the Sagrada FamÃlia basilica in Barcelona. With camera work as bold and sensual as the curves of his subject’s organic structures, Teshigahara immortalizes Gaudà on film.
