Robinson in Ruins

Synopsis: Filmmaker Patrick Keiller produced, directed and edited this experimental film, the third in a series concerning the work of a fictional character named Robinson. Narrator Vanessa Redgrave speaks as a producer who met Robinson during a conference in China, and after he unexpectedly died, she took over post-production on his final film, a meditation on social and environmental problems in England financed by an advertising agency. Over footage of pastoral scenes in the countryside, dilapidated buildings in London, abandoned campsites and evidence of environmental projects of the past (successful and otherwise), the narrator discusses the themes of Robinson’s previous films, how they tie in with her study of corporate and governmental responsibility to the Earth and British society, and how it all connects with the global economic crisis of 2008.
DVD extras include a panel discussion in which Patrick Keiller, Doreen Massey, Patrick Wright and Matthew Flintham, on their project The Future of Landscape and the Moving Image (2011, 15 minutes, DVD only) and an illustrated booklet with introduction by Patrick Keiller, essay by Doreen Massey, and review by Mark Fish. The release is in DVD and Blu-Ray dual format.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2011
Subjects: Film studies
Keywords: environment; experimental film & video; psychogeography

Director

Patrick Keiller

Cast

Vanessa Redgrave

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