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Chris Marker: La Jetee

Chris Marker's legendary "cine roman" ("film novel") "La Jetee" is considered one of the greatest and most influential experimental films of all time. This short film — a postapocalyptic story composed almost entirely of black-and-white still photographs — has been praised by cultural theorists and Netflix subscribers alike. In this illustrated study of "La Jetee," Janet Harbord focuses in part on the film's treatment of time — its shifts from a pre-war past to a projected future a further future of the future (each with its own signature images and sound) — arguing that in this way it addresses the nature of consciousness and the simultaneity of time-frames that we inhabit. Harbord moves easily from a close reading of the film to discussions of broader cultural issues, lucidly piecing together the enigma that is "La Jetee.""

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 110
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781846380488
  • Genres
  • film, art
  • Release date
  • 2009