Ruskin visits the sites of John Ruskin’s work: London, the Alps and, above all, Venice, where the camera’s attention to masonry and the interaction of architecture and water mimics the author’s descriptive analysis of the “stones” of the city. The sound of pages turning and the image of a book, Ruskin’s ‘Unto This Last’, forcibly reminds us that a poet’s perceptions and in this case his political economy, are preserved and reawakened through acts of reading and writing.
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Part of My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure
18 films
Winged Dialogue
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Plan of Brussels
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The Count of Days
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Palinode
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Diminished Frame
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Still Light
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The Painting
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From the Notebook of...
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Work Done
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Ruskin
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AMOR
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Efpsychi
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Wingseed
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The Stoas
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Sotiros
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The Ground
Movie · 2001
The Hedge Theater
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Early Monthly Segments
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Cast
1 person
Robert Beavers Director
First release May 30, 1974 · Produced in Austria, Italy, United Kingdom
Production
Austria · Italy · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Italy · May 30, 1974
Premiere · (First Version) Festival Internazionale del Film sull'Arte e di Biografie d'Artisti, Asolo
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
September 9, 2000
France
May 25, 1998 · Premiere · (Final Version) Auditorium du Louvre, Paris
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