Documentary about filmmaker Shirley Clarke which originally aired on the French television series “Cinéastes de notre temps”.
Direction
Labarthe and Burch's playful interrogation style
Acting
Clarke performing resistance to being documented
Production
The Rome burning set piece as surrealist statement
Director
André S. Labarthe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Clarke was one of the only women in the Direct Cinema movement, and her hostility here reads as earned exhaustion with male critical frameworks.
The 'Rome' she burns is leftover from a cancelled Fellini production—Clarke literally destroying another director's unrealized dream.
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