ROMA is a hastily drawn together documentary/essay on
Rome, drawn from a large amount of material collected over two or three
years, and put together in haste for an Italian television commission. The material had all
been done for myself, but this particular collection of material was
drawn together under a deadline and time limitation set by others. As such
I feel it is only partly my own expression, done under the gun for other
interests, and to make some needed money. As such this work is compromised - while
clearly my own in vision, it is not what I would really do with the
material, to which I hope sometime to return. But in the meantime it
provides a glimpse of Rome - its deep history, its opulent arts, and
its sprawling contemporary urban reality.
2000 | Digital Video | Color | Sound | 58 minutes
All credits: Jon Jost
Shown at: Rotterdam 2000, broadcast on RAI ARTE (Italy)
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