Ruskin (1974)

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.

Released

1974-05-30

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

60 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Robert Beavers

TMDB rating

6.2/10 from 5 votes