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| Year of first release: 1962 | |
| Director: Chris Marker (Sans Soleil) | |
| Actors: Étienne Becker, Jean Négroni, Hélène Chatelain | |
| Country: F | |
| Genre: Drama, SF | |
| Conditions of visioning: 23.02.2013, DVD, Home cinema, English narration | |
| Synopsis: After a nuclear World War 3, survivors in the Paris underground send human guinea pigs back and forth in time. | |
| Review: What is this film?? It is the first question you can ask when seing it, and also the one asked in the short documentary on the DVD. The best fitting answer to me is: a piece of Art. Chris Marker was indeed a photographer and artist. The short film is composed for 99.5% of still black and white photographs plus the blink of an eye, accompanied by a narrator's voice and some sound effects. Within less than 30 minutes, this experimentation is unique and can make you think for a while. No wonder it inspired Terry Gilliam for his Twelve Monkeys. Other movies that may have been inspired by it: Deja Vu and Source Code. But it is diffcult to get involved in it like you are in a movie. I think it requires several viewings and my rating (difficult thing to do on this film) might evolve with time. The available DVD copy I have only had English narration, the images were shaking and the sound could have been better especially when there are some very faint voices speaking German... Let's hope for a future proper edition. I will probably soon watch the second movie by Chris Marker on this DVD double pack: Sans Soleil. |
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Rating: 7 /10
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More than entertainment, an Art.
Monday, February 25, 2013
La Jetée (1962)
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This sounds very interesting... I wil try to get it, even if it is not so easy to find shorts.
ReplyDeleteThis one is easy to find in DVD, or you can get mine next time we meet in Brussels!
ReplyDeleteSo, I found it! I have been impressed by La jetée. The off tone is well used. It seems like somebody telling you a story and using the pictures he has taken. A couple of times, the pictures are put in sequence to have a "movie" effect, as smiling. The story is really good and full of mystery.
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