La Jetée / by Chris Darke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Darke, Chris, author.

Series:

BFI film classics.

BFI film classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marker, Chris, 1921-2012--Criticism and interpretation.

Marker, Chris.

Jetée (Motion picture).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (95 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : British Film Institute, 2016.

Summary:

"Chris Marker's La Jetée is 28 minutes long and almost entirely made up of black-and-white still images. Since its release in 1964, the film - which Marker described as a 'photo-novel' - has haunted generations of viewers and inspired writers, artists and film-makers. Its spiralling narrative of post-nuclear war time-travel narrative has 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 Jetée or the ideas behind it. In this groundbreaking study, Chris Darke draws on rare archival material, including previously unpublished correspondence and production documents, to examine the making of the film. He 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 Jetée's imagery can be seen to 'echo' throughout Marker's extraordinarily diverse oeuvre."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Acknowledgments .- 1. La Jetée ... Still.- 2. In the Beginning.- 3. Window Shopping in 1962.- 4. Chris Marker Takes the Stairs.- 5. This is the Story.- 6. The Life and Death of Images .- Notes .- Credits .- Select Bibliography.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781838713836

1838713832

9781844578870

1844578879

OCLC:

1120209268