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The Antiquities of Rome

★ 7.2 (4 votes) | 1989 | 1h 45m
Documentary
Overview

Rousseau's first full-length feature, and one of the best documentaries/experimental films of the past few decades, sprung equally from Robert Bresson, Michael Snow, and Jean-Marie Straub (who has called Rousseau one of the three best working artists in modern Europe). Again hard places played against drifting sounds from unseen sites beyond the image; the images and sounds, repeated, become inflections of each other. But this time there are historical inflections; Rousseau's film, like Straub's, takes place in a sort of meta-history as characters and ancient sites each become products of outside light and shadow.

Details
  • Status Released
  • Release Date November 21, 1989
  • Budget N/A
  • Revenue N/A
  • Production Capricci Films

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