La jetée
by Darke, Chris
Chris Marker's La Jetee is 28 minutes long and almost entirely made up of black-and-white still images. Since its release in 1964, this legendary French film - which Marker described as a 'photo-novel' - has haunted generations of viewers and inspired writers, artists and film-makers. Its spiralling time-travel narrative has also influenced many other films, including the Terminator series and Terry Gilliam's Hollywood 'remake' Twelve Monkeys (1995). But as Marker rarely gave interviews, little…
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- Full title :La jetée / Chris Darke.
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Chris Marker's La Jetee is 28 minutes long and almost entirely made up of black-and-white still images. Since its release in 1964, this legendary French film - which Marker described as a 'photo-novel' - has haunted generations of viewers and inspired writers, artists and film-makers. Its spiralling time-travel narrative has also influenced many other films, including the Terminator series and Terry Gilliam's Hollywood 'remake' Twelve Monkeys (1995). But as Marker rarely gave interviews, little is really known about the origins of La Jetee or the ideas behind it. This book examines the making of the film. and explores how Marker's only fiction film was influenced both by his early work as a writer and by Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958), and considers how La Jetee's images can be seen to 'echo' throughout Marker's diverse oeuvre.
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- Publication Date:©2016
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Palgrave
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2016
Notes
"A BFI book published by Palgrave."
The Physical Object
- Description:94 pages : : illustrations ; : 19 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1844576426, 9781844576425
- oclc:ocn936533067
- LC Classification:PN1997.J444
- Dewey Decimal:791.43/72
Table of Contents
La jetée...still -- In the beginning -- Window shopping in 1962 -- Chris Marker takes the stairs -- This is the story... -- The life and death of images.
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