25 for 25: Antonio Gaudi

About this event

A Gene Siskel Film Center holiday favorite, we bring back the ever-popular cult film by Hiroshi Teshigahara (WOMAN OF THE DUNES), inspired by the wild, undulating, joyously erupting forms of Barcelona architect Antoni Gaud. Teshigahara's eye for texture, shape, and sensual detail meets Gaud's whimsy in the cinematic exploration of such masterpieces of visionary architecture as the basilica of La Sagrada Famlia. The contemporary of artists such as Picasso and Joan Mir, Gaud drew on Barcelona's medieval Romanesque architecture and ancient Arab culture for his inspiration. This film reveals the intricacy and hallucinatory richness of his concepts through camerawork alone. Forgoing narration, Teshigahara accompanies his images with a brilliantly eclectic selection of music, ranging from baroque harpsichord to glass orchestra. (BS) Screened in December over many years as a Siskel Film Center Holiday tradition, last appearing in 2019