La jetée ; Sans soleil / [Janus Films].



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Title from menu screen. Special features include: interactive menus; film selection; scene selection; video interviews with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin (from 2005); "Chris on Chris" (a video piece on Marker by writer Chris Darke, 10 min.); two excerpts from the French TV series "Court-circuit (le magazine)" directed by Luc Lagier (a 2 min. long look at David Bowie's 1993 music video for "Jump they say", which was inspired by "La jetée" & a 9 min. long analysis of Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" and its influence on Marker). Aspect ratio: 1.66:1. Booklet contains a critical essay by Marker scholar Catherine Lupton ("Memory's apostle : Chris Marker, 'La jetée', and 'Sans soliel'"), an autobiographical essay by Marker fans Catherine Brighton & Andrew Brighton ("This is the story"), an interview with Marker by Samuel Douhaire & Annick Rivoire ("Rare Marker : an interview", originally published in French in 2003, translated into English by Marker in 2007); and various notes by Marker. "Enhanced for 16:9 televisions"--Disc label. Board of Film Censors, Singapore: La jetée: PG ; Sans soleil: M18 (Sexual scenes and some gory scenes). La jetée: Editing, Jean Ravel ; music by Trevor Duncan. Narrated by Jean Negroni (La jetée); letters read by Alexandra Stewart (Sans soleil). La jetée: Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich, Jacques Ledoux, André Heinrich, Jacques Branchu. In French or English, with optional English subtitles (La jetée); closed-captioned (Sans soleil).

Title
La jetée ; Sans soleil / [Janus Films].
Artist
Marker, Chris, 1921-
Subjects
Language
French, English
Type
Video Recording
Abstract
La jetée: An unnamed man experiments with time travel, in hopes of finding a solutions to the problems of his post-apocalyptic home era. Narrated almost entirely using black-and-white still photographs. , Sans soleil: Actress Alexandra Stewart reads and comments on the letters she receives from (fictional) Sandor Krasna, a world-traveling freelance cameraman. Explores the immense diversity of the human species and its differing societies.
Year
2007
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