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La Jetée ( French pronunciation: [la ʒəte]) is a 1962 French science fiction featurette directed by Chris Marker and associated with the Left Bank artistic movement. Constructed almost entirely from still photos, it tells the stable time loop story of a post-nuclear war experiment in time travel.
La Jetée: Directed by Chris Marker. With Jean Négroni, Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich, Jacques Ledoux. The story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.
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- Short, Drama, Romance
- Chris Marker
- 1962-02-16
Written by Connecticut prep-school teacher Tom Andrews, this study guide describes La Jetée as “a brilliant mixture of fantasy and pseudo-scientific romance” that “explores new dramatic territory and forms, and rushes with a stunning logic and a powerful impact to its shocking climax.”.
La Jetée is a 1963 film by Chris Marker, a multimedia artist and philosopher who explores time, memory, and the future. The film is a dystopian story of time travel told in still images, with a haunting voiceover and a powerful soundtrack.
- The Woman, The Man
May 12, 2022 · Chris Marker’s La Jetée is a masterclass in the evocation of memory, argues Luke Georgiades. A woman, half her face buried deep into her pillow, awakens. She lazily opens her eyes, just about halfway, to meet the gaze of her lover.
Aug 10, 2012 · In fact, that’s just the type poetic symmetry that might have found its way into one of Marker’s many short films, including La Jetee (1962), the gold standard of the form and the work for which he’ll best be remembered.
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