Jean-Claude Rousseau
Biography: Jean-Claude Rousseau is one of the most unconventional lone fighters in French cinema. His predominantly short films deal with no less than cinema per se: space, time and movement. As abstract as each of these concepts might seem taken alone, Rousseau assigns their ultimate designation as an integral whole: A person (or no-one, for that matter) moves (or does not move) within a room (or looks into another room) for a certain amount of time.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 01, 1946
Deathday: N/A
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The Tomb of Kafka
2022-03-11
The Tomb of Kafka
Overview: “You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait. Do not even wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet” Franz Kafka
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-03-11
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Twice Around the World
2007-10-19
Twice Around the World
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-10-19
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Chansons d'amour
2016-06-07
Chansons d'amour
Overview: A man spends his time sitting by a window that overlooks a pool.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-06-07
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Lettre à Roberto
2002-07-02
Lettre à Roberto
Overview: Rooms must be vacated before noon on the day of departure. An extra night will be charged for all late departures." Jean-Claude Rousseau has used this banal, well-known notice as a synopsis for his film. Taken out of context, thereby rendering it mysterious, it is an ideal introduction to this letter, which consists of two shots – the front and behind of a window in a hotel in Turin – and an insert. Here, Rousseau continues to explore "basic film techniques" but in this case, he abandons super eight to film in DV, a new technique and a new quest for harmony between visuals and sounds. Jean-Pierre Rehm.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2002-07-02
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Jeune femme à sa fenêtre lisant une lettre
1983-01-01
Jeune femme à sa fenêtre lisant une lettre
Overview: Jean-Claude Rousseau's Jeune femme à sa fenêtre lisant une lettre is not only his first medium-length film, but a chance to discover this filmmaker whom Jean-Marie Straub has called, along with Frans Van de Staak and Peter Nestler, the greatest working in Europe. With this newly restored print there is also a possibility to discover the relationship between Rousseau's art of filming and Jan Vermeer's famous painting. As Prosper Hillairet wrote in 1988, four years after Rousseau had finished Jeune femme ... (for the first time as we know today): «Without adopting the usual systematic spirit and form of cinéma structurel, Rousseau presents us with simple images and leaves it at that. Keeps the image in hand. A minimalist and ascetic expression of cinema: a shot that lasts.»
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Une Vie Risquée
2018-01-08
Une Vie Risquée
Overview: Short film commissioned by the Cinemathèque Suisse to celebrate Jean-Marie Straub’s 85th birthday.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-01-08
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Remembering Wavelengths
2014-01-01
Remembering Wavelengths
Overview: Jean-Claude Rousseau homage to Michael Snow’s film Wavelength.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-01
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L'Appel de la forêt
2008-02-06
L'Appel de la forêt
Overview: L'Appel de la forêt follows the call of nature, but, as it is always the case with Jean-Claude Rousseau, in the form of an image. At first glance we see a green wall and a door-frame next to it. After a second glance the disturbing aspect of the scene crystallizes: A small, differently colored rectangle draws attention to the fact that a picture has been removed from the left-hand side of the wall, while such a picture can still be seen at the right-hand side of the wall. Then a man (Rousseau himself) enters the scene and puts the painting back into its original spot: It shows a roebuck. What follows is a carousel ride of unusual and amusing images.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-02-06
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