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Robinson in Ruins

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United Kingdom · 2010
1h 41m
Director Patrick Keiller
Starring Vanessa Redgrave
Genre Documentary

In this experimental documentary-essay, narrator Vanessa Redgrave describes the journeys of the fictional, unseen character Robinson around various areas of southern England. A sequel to director Patrick Keiller's similar works -- London and Robinson in Space --- this film provides uniquely delivered insights on modern England in a time of economic and environmental decline.

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The New York Times by

An exaltation of life counters the intimations of extinction, trumping the polemical despair.

80

Empire by David Parkinson

Keiller's follow up to his cine-essays London and Robinson In Space is another intelligent, thought-provoking piece of filmmaking.

60

Time Out by Keith Uhlich

Comparable works like John Gianvito's "Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind," or nearly anything from cine-essayist Chris Marker's oeuvre, mine similar territory much more rewardingly.

70

Variety by Leslie Felperin

Although rich in ideas and always compelling to look at, writer-helmer Patrick Keiller's latest semi-experimental pic Robinson in Ruins reps a minor disappointment after his outstanding, same-veined previous works, "London" and "Robinson in Space."

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