The Dangerous Art of the Documentary

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Gianfranco Rosi (Pompei: Below the Clouds)

3/13/2026 • 58 min

Italian master Gianfranco Rosi makes some of the most ravishing big-screen nonfiction films you will find. His latest, “Pompei: Below the Clouds”, a black-and-white masterpiece shot with a fixed camera, explores the complex lives of the people living in a region that seems to always be teetering on the edge of a haunting archival status. In his conversation with… Play episode

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