In 1950, he graduated from the tokyo national university of fine arts and music in oil painting. The japanese director hiroshi teshigahara dedicates a. Hiroshi teshigahara was born the son of sofu teshigahara who was the founder of the sogetsu school of ikebana flower arrangement. Catalan architect antonio gaudi 18521926 designed some of the worlds most astonishing buildings, interiors, and parks.
Gaudi, catalunya, 1959, 20minutes of mainly handheld 16mm footage from hiroshi teshigahara s first trip to spain accompanied by his father. In this documentary, filmmaker hiroshi teshigahara profiles spanish architect antonio gaudi. Son of the founder and grand master iemoto of the sogetsu school of ikebana more moribundly known as flowerarranging, he turned to film as an extension. The son of a noted painter, teshigahara also studied painting. Hiroshi teshigaharas debut feature and first collaboration with novelist kobo abe, pitfall is many things. Criterion uks latest bluray sees him exploring an imagination no less hallucinatory. Hiroshi teshigahara celebrity profile check out the latest hiroshi teshigahara photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. He is best known for the 1964 film woman in the dunes.
He made his featurefilm directorial debut in 1961 with the pitfallkashi to. The biography gijs van hensbergen 322pp, harpercollins. With isidro puig boada, antoni gaudi, seiji miyaguchi. Hiroshi teshigahara is the author of art of ikebana 5. With little verbal narrative, hiroshi teshigaharas documentary lovingly lingers on the works of innovative architect, antonio. Antonio gaudi is a documentary of the spanish architect by the great japanese filmmaker hiroshi teshigahra. Jan 01, 2001 best known in the west for the abstract and beautiful woman of the dunes 1964, japanese filmmaker hiroshi teshigahara began his career in the film industry as a critic. Exploring gaudis fantastical buildings in barcelona. Telecharger antonio gaudi film complet en francais vf hd. Less a documentary than a visual poem, teshigaharas. He illustrated it with sentences of gaudi who headed each chapter of a recently published biography.
Antoni gaudi, an hourlong documentary from 1961 on gaudi by filmmaker ken russell sculptures by sofuvita, a 1963 short film by teshigahara on the sculpture work of his father, sofu teshigahara. The film shows buildings that gaudi designed for most of. Antonio gaudi 1984 japanese documentary by hiroshi teshigahara about the works of antoni gaudi. Directed by hiroshi teshigahara, 1984s antonio gaudi is a documentary film about the titular catalan architect. In antonio gaudi, their artistry melds in a unique, enthralling cinematic experience. Here, their artistry melds in a unique, enthralling cinematic experience.
For decades recognized for his work in various classical japanese art forms, he was a master and a modern trailblazer all at once. Hiroshi teshigahara films on bluray, dvd, and streaming. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. During the second world war, when hiroshi teshigahara was a schoolboy, japans citiesabove all his hometown, tokyowere mercilessly firebombed. Japanese director hiroshi teshigahara constructed some of the. One highlight is the massive, stillunfinished masterpiecethe sagrada familia cathedral in barcelona. Less a documentary than a visual poem, teshigaharas film takes viewers.
Ignasi segarra albesa 1929 barcelona 2003 made the sermon on the seven words in riudoms. Japanese director hiroshi teshigahara constructed some of the most aesthetically audacious films ever made. In one of his careerdefining performances, james stewart is paul biegler, a smalltown michigan lawyer who spends most of his time not in court but fishing or listening to jazz. One is the documentary antoni gaudi by hiroshi teshigahara 19272001 produced in 1984 where the japanese filmmaker enters. He is best known for his films woman in the dunes 1964 and the face of another 1966. One of spains greatest architects of all time, antoni gaudi is famous for. In the early 50s, he began making documentary shorts. The library has the dvd to antonio gaudi, a documentary teshigahara made in 1984. Teshigahara is survived by his wife, toshiko kobayashi, a former actress, and two daughters.
The dvd, being a criterion release, is of course graet. Hiroshi teshigahara biography, movie highlights and photos. Hiroshi teshigahara s camera takes us over, under, around, and into buildings and a park designed by antonio gaudi 1852 1926, catalan architect, ceramist, and sculptor. Here their artistry melds in a unique, enthralling cinematic experience. Catalan architect antoni gaudi 18521926 designed some of the worlds most. Hiroshi teshigahara s study of the work of antoni gaudi isnt so much a documentary as a tone poem that uses real footage of an architects work. In 1958, he became the director of sogetsu art centre and took a leading role in avantgarde activities in many fields. Champion tshirt womens,golden goose tshirts,levis jumpsuit. The doc has harly any voiceover so watch without the subtitles. Antonio gaudi 1984 japanese documentary by hiroshi. Oct 29, 2008 japanese master hiroshi teshigahara woman in the dunes made this unguided 1984 tour of the modernismo architects iconic barcelona landmarksthose trippy, drippy structures that suggest. The music of toru takemitsu and japanese new wave cinema.
Structurally, this does not play out like your average documentary as there is very little narration and only a few instances in which people speak. Hiroshi teshigahara, japanese film director and flower arranger born jan. Legendary tea master sen no rikyu is faced with his warmongering lords unrealistic pretensions. Hiroshi teshigahara japanese film director and artist. Catalan architect antonio gaudi 1852 1926 designed some of the world s most astonishing buildings, interiors, and parks. He studied at the escola superior darquitectura in barcelona and designed his first major commission for the casa vincens in barcelona using a gothic revival style that set a precedent for his future work. Best known in the west for the abstract and beautiful woman of the dunes 1964, japanese filmmaker hiroshi teshigahara began his career in the film industry as a critic. The attempt to canonise antoni gaudi i cornet continues. Antonio gaudi s startling, unique architectural and essentially sculptural creations like his undulating walls are presented with clarity and in context in this interesting documentary by hiroshi teshigahara. This collection is a welcome addition to criterions impressive releases.
Fervent catalan catholics expect miracles from this. Feb 18, 2020 since 1984, weve dedicated ourselves to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions of the highest technical quality. He has been called one of the most acclaimed japanese directors of all time. Overview of antonio gaudi, 1984, directed by hiroshi teshigahara, with antonio gaudi, isidro puig boada, at turner classic movies. Chinese, croatian, czech, english, italian, portuguese, romanian, russian, serbian, spanish, turkish. Youll learn more about gaudi himself from a documentary in the special features called gods architect, but the film itself is a captivating, mesmerizing example of one art filmmaking meeting. Antonio gaudi died in 1926 after being hit by a taxi. Hiroshi teshigaharas camera takes us over, under, around, and into buildings and a park designed by antonio gaudi 1852 1926, catalan architect, ceramist, and sculptor. Criterion announces february 2020 releases film pulse. When a miner leaves his employer and treks out with his young son to become a migrant worker, he finds himself moving from one eerie landscape to another, intermittently followed and photographed by an enigmatic man in a clean, white suit, and eventually coming facetoface with his inescapable destiny. Exploring his extravagant architecture was a major focus of our trip, and to learn more about him we joined a gaudi in context walk.
So the best place to start on the new twodisc dvd is with the supplemental materials, specifically the an hourlong bbc special. The images and colour are wonderful and evocative giving a real sense of life and space. Gaudis fantastical modernist buildings are part of what makes barcelona unique. Antonio gaudi 1984 directed by hiroshi teshigahara. A pair of teshigahara short films are also included. The influence that the works of antoni gaudi exercised in the 7th art is evident in numerous films, but the architect and his work have also been involved in several films and documentaries.
Pitfall, the face of another, the ruined map and woman in the dunes, the latter of which got the academys attention. Rent antonio gaudi 1984 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. He, and his future associates in countless artistic undertakings, returned to a landscape of bleak ruins. For a film made in 1959, it also goes to some very dark places. With rentaro mikuni, yoshiko mita, tsutomu yamazaki, kyoko kishida. Hiroshi teshigahara, the first asian filmmaker to be nominated for a best director oscar, is today best remembered for his quartet of collaborations with the novelist kobo abe. Catalan architect antoni gaudi 18521926 designed some of the worlds most astonishing buildings, interiors, and parks. Anatomy of a murder is one of the alltime great courtroom dramas right up there with the likes of 12 angry men and to kill a mockingbird. With little verbal narrative, hiroshi teshigaharas documentary lovingly lingers on the works of innovative architect, antonio gaudi 1852 1926. The original trailer and a restored and resubtitled edition of the experimental documentary take up the first disc, while the second houses a wealth of enlightening extras.
Teshigahara suggests the influence of romanesque churches and monasteries on gaudi and the influence of the caves and crags of montserrat, close to barcelona. At 72 minutes, hiroshi teshigaharas hypnotic antonio gaudi ranks among the shorter films to receive the criterion collections hallowed twodisc treatment. More a visual poem than a straightforward documentary, japanese director hiroshi teshigahara woman in the dunes creates an audacious take on the buildings, interiors and parks designed by catalan architect antoni gaudi 18521926. The work of catalan architect antonio gaudi, as seen by japanese new. The adolescent hiroshi was particularly attuned to his environment. Antonio gaudi is a 1984 japanese documentary film by hiroshi teshigahara about the works of antoni gaudi. In the film the director visits the buildings including houses in barcelona and the sagrada familia.
He is also known for directing other titles such as the face of another 1966, natsu no heitai summer soldiers, 1972, and pitfall 1962 which was teshigahara. Hiroshi teshigaharas antonio gaudi at film forum the. Teshigahara was a true original, at once a part of the japanese new wave yet somehow distinct from it. Much of gaudis work pays homage to the catalan art of the middle ages gaudi being a catalan himself and so teshigahara pays careful attention to the historical context of the artists most renowned works. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. Teshigahara, notable for his great woman in the dunes, also filmed a documentary on hokusai in 1953. Reviews of anatomy of a murder, antonio gaudi, and the.
Gaudi was a catalan, like his wellknown fellow artists pablo picasso, joan miro, and salvador dali, and he was inspired by catalan art. Top 6 inspiring documentaries about gaudi culture trip. Antonio gaudi 1984 director hiroshi teshigahara, eng sub. Hiroshi teshigahara was only incidentally a filmmaker.
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