Gaudi & Cezannescapes
- Gary Adlestein |
- 1991-2006 |
- 12 minutes |
- COLOR |
- SOUND
Three experimental shorts informed by the styles of the artists they celebrate. (the two most recent are mini-DV's inspired by the work of Gaudi, the other, created 15 years previously, is a single-system sound, edited- [mostly] -in-camera Super-8).
GAUDI (2006, DVD, 2:40 min.) -
Gaudi's great La Sagrata Familia begun in Barcelona in the 1880's, still remains a vital work in progress.
('07: Dudley Cinema Venice, CA; Athens International Film/VideoFestival; Black Maria Film/Video Festival, Director's Choice prize).
This title is available to watch on MUBI:
http://mubi.com/films/gaudi
LA PERDERA (2006, DVD, 2:45 min. silent) -
If the Sagrata Familia, its vertical spirals leaping heavenward, is Gaudi's sacred masterpiece, his La Perdera (a Barcelona apartment house), luxuriating in leisurely horizontal undulations, must be its profane partner.
This title is available to watch on MUBI:
http://mubi.com/films/la-pedrera
CEZANNESCAPES 1 & 2 (1991, S-8/snd, 5:30 min.) -
His paintings are forever inscribed in the Provencal landscape
(selected for "Big as Life: an American History of 8mm Films" at MoMA, NYC, 1982-2001)
This title is available to watch on MUBI:
http://mubi.com/films/cezannescapes