Roger Erbert – Pompei: Below the Clouds
In “The Last Days of Pompeii” (1913), a silent film directed by Eleuterio Rodolfi, the complicated love story of a couple in Pompeii unfolds in the fateful year 79 A.D. The people go about their daily lives, gossiping, shopping, and falling in love. These scenes of intimate life are haunted by what we know is coming. This love story will be buried in ash before nightfall.