Jean-Claude Rousseau Movies

  • 2014
    Under a Changing Sky

    Under a Changing Sky

    Under a Changing Sky

    62014HD

    Sous un ciel changeant. Jean-Claude Rousseau uses his signature black frames to create Durasian elisions between painterly, Corot-conjuring tableaux.

    Under a Changing Sky
  • 2006
    Starless Night

    Starless Night

    Starless Night

    62006HD

    Can you tell if yours is a colour or black and white dream ? If yours is a silent or sound dream ? If ther’s a voice off or actual sound ?

    Starless Night
  • 2010
    Festival

    Festival

    Festival

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    Jean-Claude Rousseau is a filmmaker who believes in the natural power of images. The rigid compositions create something like a pure state, which...

    Festival
  • 2014
    Terrasse avec vue

    Terrasse avec vue

    Terrasse avec vue

    02014HD

    Changing and renewed figures before the immutable monument.

    Terrasse avec vue
  • 2017
    Delft dans le lointain

    Delft dans le lointain

    Delft dans le lointain

    02017HD

    Experimental short film by Jean-Claude Rousseau

    Delft dans le lointain
  • 1989
    The Antiquities of Rome

    The Antiquities of Rome

    The Antiquities of Rome

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    A structuralist work composed of static, long-duration shots of Roman ruins and architectural details, all filmed on Super 8. The film operates...

    The Antiquities of Rome
  • 2007
    Pas cette nuit

    Pas cette nuit

    Pas cette nuit

    62007HD

    In a darkened room a dark figure holding numerous flickering candles walks towards the camera. The single frame, however, keeps the secret of the...

    Pas cette nuit
  • 2010
    Veduta

    Veduta

    Veduta

    02010HD

    Veduta means "view". A plan of the city of Florence.

    Veduta
  • 2013
    L'air d’être là

    L'air d’être là

    L'air d’être là

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    L'air d’être là
  • 2011
    Attic

    Attic

    Attic

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    Attic
  • 2021
    A Floating World

    A Floating World

    A Floating World

    7.52021HD

    Between rain and clearer spells, in the footsteps of Ozu in today’s Japan, people met, wordless encounters… Also some seismic events, a...

    A Floating World
  • 2004
    Faibles amusements

    Faibles amusements

    Faibles amusements

    02004HD

    A short film by Jean-Claude Rousseau.

    Faibles amusements
  • 2023
    Souvenir d'Athènes

    Souvenir d'Athènes

    Souvenir d'Athènes

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    "He came to read. He opened two or three books; historians and poets. But he barely read for ten minutes before giving it up." C. Cavafy

    Souvenir d'Athènes
  • 2022
    Welcome

    Welcome

    Welcome

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    Thirty-five years after "Keep in Touch", Jean-Claude Rousseau’s filmmaking returns to the city of Carl Andre and Hollis Frampton. It’s...

    Welcome
  • 1987
    Keep in Touch

    Keep in Touch

    Keep in Touch

    81987HD

    Rousseau is shown sitting in a room, waiting. Voices leave messages on his answering machine (sound); a table lamp (light) and an empty writing pad...

    Keep in Touch
  • 1984
    Venise n'existe pas

    Venise n'existe pas

    Venise n'existe pas

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    "if he leaned out the window, if he did that movement, if he risked to fall or to drop the camera, if he leaned to fall, then he would see and it...

    Venise n'existe pas
  • 2012
    Eaux profondes

    Eaux profondes

    Eaux profondes

    62012HD

    The loneliness of the white fish in the goldfishes’ aquarium.

    Eaux profondes
  • 2011
    Un autre jour

    Un autre jour

    Un autre jour

    62011HD

    A day at the beach.

    Un autre jour
  • 2014
    Partage des Eaux

    Partage des Eaux

    Partage des Eaux

    42014HD

    At first glance, Jean-Claude Rousseau’s films seem like quickly outlined sketches. They are snapshots of various situations and locations, as...

    Partage des Eaux
  • 2010
    A Day

    A Day

    A Day

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    A Day