1967
Rome is burning : portrait of Shirley Clarke
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Shirley Clarke was filmed for French television program Cinéastes de notre temps (Cinéastes of Our Time) in a friend’s apartment during a small gathering held in her honor (among the guests are Yoko Ono, Jean-Jacques Lebel and Jacques Rivette). She speaks candidly about the “underground cinema,” its relationship to the politics of protest happening around the U.S., and its negation of Hollywood aesthetics. Clarke see the U.S. heading to a certain crisis point—hence the title, Rome is Burning—and wonders aloud about the responsibility of filmmakers in such a situation.
