Director Teshigahara creates a kind of visual documentary--there is little narration--about Antonio Gaudi, the brilliant and bizarre Catalan architect. The camera simply explores the Casa Vicens, Park Guell, Casa Batllo, Casa Mila, Templo de La Sagrada Familia, then suggests some of his influences by filming bits of the Moniserrat caves as well as Roman churches.

DVD Features:

2-Disc Set
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono 1.0 - Japanese
Subtitles - English - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Interviews: Arata Isozaki
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Featurette:
1. "Gaudi, Catalunya 1959"
2. "Monitor: Antonio Gaudi" (1961)
3. "VITA"
Additional Products:
Booklet

Hiroshi Teshigahara: Japanese Director, WOMAN IN THE DUNES (1964)

Toru Takemitsu: JAPAN. COMPOSER\1930-1996

"...An architectural symphony....The film is a visual rhapsody enhanced with music and sound effects created by the renowned Japanese film composer Toru Takemitsu and two collaborators..."
"Teshigahara's mobile, exploratory camera is a perfect match for the fin-de-siècle Catalan architect's artfully deranged yet totally organic buildings."
"[I]t fuses images of Gaudi's unique creations with long-term Teshigahara collaborator Takemitsu Toru's equally striking score to create something completely mesmerizing."