La Jetée
La Jetée
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28m
Directed by Chris Marker • 1963 • France
Chris Marker, filmmaker, poet, novelist, photographer, editor, and now videographer and digital multimedia artist, has been challenging moviegoers, philosophers, and himself for years with his complex queries about time, memory, and the rapid advancement of life on this planet. Marker’s LA JETÉE is one of the most influential, radical science-fiction films ever made, a tale of time travel told in still images.
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LA JETÉE Alternate French Audio
Chris Marker created unique English and French narration tracks for LA JETÉE and prefers that the film be experienced in the language the viewer is more familiar with. The different tracks are not direct translations of each other or synched to the images in exactly the same way. The French audio...
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Jean-Pierre Gorin on LA JETÉE
In 2005, filmmaker, writer, and educator Jean-Pierre Gorin spoke with the Criterion Collection about LA JETÉE and the work of director Chris Marker. His observations are presented here.
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Chris on Chris
This short piece on director Chris Marker from 2007 was made by the London-based film critic Chris Darke, who has written on all aspects of moving-image culture.
