At first glance, Jean-Claude Rousseau’s films seem like quickly outlined sketches. They are snapshots of various situations and locations, as in this program of nine miniatures, shot in hotel rooms and parks, at the shore of a lake, and – in the longest contribution – on a restaurant terrace. Rousseau’s observations of everyday life, however, are about precision rather than contemplation. With each minute that passes, they sharpen the view of the observant and expectant outsider for a moment of surprise – be it a jump into the water or a huge crucifix.
Jean-Claude Rousseau
Director
Public Speaking70%
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey77%
Cloverfield67%
Hotel Chevalier68%
As Above, So Below67%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Katy Perry: Part of Me71%
Original Sin61%
The Taking of Deborah Logan65%
The Class of ‘9271%
Working Girls62%
Project Almanac67%
V/H/S61%
Birth of the Dragon58%
The Dreamers71%
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 573%
Shadow of the Vampire67%
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me85%
Clerks73%
The Matrix Revisited69%
