Jean-Claude Rousseau
Birthday: 1946-01-01
Place of Birth: Paris
Biography: Jean-Claude Rousseau is one of the most unconventional lone fighters in French cinema. His predominantly short films deal with no less than cinema per se: space, time and movement. As abstract as each of these concepts might seem taken alone, Rousseau assigns their ultimate designation as an integral whole: A person (or no-one, for that matter) moves (or does not move) within a room (or looks into another room) for a certain amount of time.
Movies
The Tomb of Kafka
“You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, si...
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Jeune femme à sa fenêtre lisant une lettre
Jean-Claude Rousseau's Jeune femme à sa fenêtre lisant une lettre is not only his first medium-lengt...
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Lettre à Roberto
Rooms must be vacated before noon on the day of departure. An extra night will be charged for all la...
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Une Vie Risquée
Short film commissioned by the Cinemathèque Suisse to celebrate Jean-Marie Straub’s 85th birthday....
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Remembering Wavelengths
Jean-Claude Rousseau homage to Michael Snow’s film Wavelength....
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L'Appel de la forêt
L'Appel de la forêt follows the call of nature, but, as it is always the case with Jean-Claude Rouss...
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De son Appartement
The continuing demand for high standards is what sets Rouseau's work apart. What makes this film dis...
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