A Hiroshi Teshigahara project. Documentary on the life and works of spanish artist and architect Gaudi. He was daring. Some of his projects were genius and beautiful. But some were just ugly. My personal opinion. This mostly silent film features his buildings and parks, most notably the Temple Sagrada Família in Barcelona. So complicated. Construction began in 1882, and it's still "under construction", 140 years later. There is music throughout, but nothing is explained, so the viewer (hopefully) has some knowledge of Gaudi and his works. Captions of what we were seeing would have been SO helpful! Gaudi's specialty was playing with geometry... sometimes conforming to engineering principles and angles, but other times using rounded corners and completely new designs, with fancy, self supported, sculpted edges and shapes. Teshigahara frequently shows people and families enjoying gaudi's parks and ramblas. According to wikipedia dot com, gaudi was quite religious, and included that faith and strength in his works; was even called god's architect in numerous resources. Such a strange and un-necessary death - he was run down by a street-car. And was buried in his own Sagrada Familia. But his works live on. Showing on turner classics. A bit long, but interesting if you are familiar with his works.
Review of Antonio Gaudí
