Jean Négroni,
??tienne Becker,
Hélène Chatelain,
Davis Hanich,
Jacques Ledoux
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The movie that inspired Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys, Chris Marker's La jetée is a landmark of science-fiction filmmaking, a 28-minute masterpiece told almost entirely in still frames. Set in a post-apo... read more
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This thirty-minute "photo-roman" (series of narrated stills) tells the story of a man who's sent backwards, then forwards in time to try to find a way to avert a nuclear war, but spends his travels romancing a woman he saw once as a child whose image burned itself into his memory... read more
Well its the first short movie that i've seen using nothng else but still photographs in order to get the story across and although its an interesting idea, i personally don't think its works all that well.
The great thing about an actual movie is that the actors are able to prop... read more
A fantastic experiment in narrative and visuals. Highly influential, i'm surprised this formula has not been used more often.
Talk about an amazingly brilliant and original idea, I can't think of anything that I don't like about this truly bizarre film. It takes every expectation you have about film and storytelling and throws it out the window. Chris Marker's style really takes hold in this, where as i... read more
"The victors stood guard over a kingdom of rats."
Experimental, avant-garde depiction of post-apocalyptic time travel told through a series of stills in slide-show progression. As odd as that sounds, the whole thing works very, very well.
I think being a big fan of photography helped me in enjoying this film as much as i did but to be honest, i did loose a little of my concentration before the film was over. That said, this film is a visual treat with a surreal dreamlike story that is both original and thought pro... read more
An interesting little 1/2 hour of moviemaking...or maybe I should call it a storyboard. The entire film is made of still pictures of the various characters in poses following the narration. The story -- what there is of it -- involves the aftermath of WWIII. Paris has been oblite... read more
Visually stunning, but it just seemed to wander. I would've liked to have seen it expanded upon, but that's what 12 Monkey is for. And of course my DVR cut the end off so I don't know exactly how it ended. Ah well, maybe someday.
"La Jetee" is a legendary science fiction film that is renowned for it's creativity and originality but is known all the more thanks to it being the inspiration behind Terry Gilliam's "Twelve Monkeys". The film is made up of all images with the exception of the woman blinking he... read more
This is a really poised, dark sort of film. Despite the static images and general lack of color, it's got a beautiful human spark that drives it to the end. Photography students should have to see this--the plot and the method fit perfectly. I like to think about this one some... read more
I find it tediously pretentious, but there are striking images in it, and it does get across a vague impression of Frankensteinian meddling with the brain. Full Review
This is Marker's masterpiece. Full Review
The major influence on Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys, La Jetée is made up almost entirely of still photographs that tell the futuristic story of a time traveler. Full Review
It's a stirring, emotional film about the unique hold memories have over people's lives and how experiences themselves are fleeting. Full Review
Lovely.
Always confounding even when it seems accessible, the mysterious and gripping plot raises unanswerable questions about time, memory and the progress of life on this planet. Full Review
Incredibly influential, dauntingly beautiful short made up almost entirely of stills. Inspired a generation of sci-fi directors. Full Review
A remarkable and unique experimental short that consists solely of still frames, narration, music and sound effects as it relates an apocalyptic tale of memory and time-travel. Full Review
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