Review of Room in Rome (2010) by Giannis C — 21 Sep 2010
The real effect is a sensitive discovery of the nature of urge captured by another soul. Early (in the movie) we are told that this room in which the entire film occurs is on the site of the ancient Roman theater.
The characters pause as they feel the eyes of the audience upon them. This is conveyed by the device of a map. Thereafter, the women in the room have their own theater as they look out on the world. Microsoft's version of Googlemaps (suitably plugged) provides the maps for how they use the world as the matrix for their discovery.
This is a fundamental symmetry. The two see each other while we do. They see into the world as we the world look into that tiny hotel room. The film ends with an act that alters the map in which they sit, setting a flag , visible to the world from a satellite-cupid.
While making love, one woman discovers the topography of the other, calling it so, by gentle caresses.
This review of Room in Rome (2010) was written by Giannis C on 21 Sep 2010.
Room in Rome has generally received mixed reviews.
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