The Antiquities of Rome 1989
7.2/10 by 4 users
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.
- Released: 1989-11-21
- Runtime: 105 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars:
- Director: Jean-Claude Rousseau
