Roma (1990)

The Radar read

A quieter title still finding its audience, though the rating rests on a thin sample, so treat it as provisional.

Synopsis

Roma is a poetic documentary about Rome, created during a trip to Italy in November 1987. Sequences showing the Pantheon, rustling leaves, a tiger-striped cat on a car, the pigeons at Santa Maria Maggiore, and the Tiber against the light are presented with precise, rhythmic displacements. Painterly shadows and graphic nuances are played out on the screen. (Filmform)

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