Disc Reviews
Criterion Blu-ray: Antonio Gaudí (1984) | Video Blu-ray Review
Teshigahara, an artist with a supremely varied background, is perhaps best known for his early narrative features in the 1960s, including Pitfall (1962), Woman in the Dunes (1964) and The Face of Another (1966). His Antonio Gaudi is a personal reverie of the architect, and as such, is a beautiful piece of filmed imagery but yields little to no information about either of them. The brief snippets of language included in the documentary simply reveal how some of Gaudi’s architecture had to be rebuilt and redesigned after it was partially destroyed during the Spanish Civil War. What’s helpful (and even necessary) are the variety of special bonus features available on Criterion’s rerelease of this title (it was originally released by the Collection in 2008), which includes a documentary on Gaudi as well as other noted filmmakers influence or inspired by his architecture, including Ken Russell.
Film Rating: ★★★★/☆☆☆☆☆
Disc Rating: ★★★★/☆☆☆☆☆