Antigone

Straub-Huillet, made in 1991, of, of course, the Sophocles play, here in Brecht’s version
All in one location; poetic dialogue. Three subject positions firmly kept to. Usually one isolated from the other. A few pans across, to the centre. Complete stillness again focuses on the dialogue. All shot form one side of the 180 line.
Acting less blank than usual, with the poetic language we nearly have something close to classical drama here.
The framings are often far away, classic Straub-Huillet with the overheads. However, there is also uses of more horizontal framings, bringing out the sheer expanses of blueness of the sky. Also, not many other filmmakers do this, and it might sound insignificant, but; one sees the weather change in the middle of a take, i.e. the sun comes out. Just strange to see.
Ultimately, another stern work focussing almost entirely on the dialogue. The very specific positions give a kind of mythic fatefulness, to create still an individual work.