Showing posts with label Chris Marker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chris Marker. Show all posts

Sunday, 9 October 2022

La jetée (1962)


 

The story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.

A masterpiece short film tells its haunting and mesmerizing sci-fi story in exquisitely composed images and is enormously effective with a mind-boggling ending.



Tuesday, 13 July 2021

Junkopia (1981)


 

One day, at the stroke of evening, on Emeryville beach in San Francisco, where unidentified artists, leave, without anyone knowing, sculptures manufactured with items that have washed ashore from the sea.

Poetically intriguing short explores and celebrates the surrealism of the mysterious art work assembled at this sight.



Friday, 18 September 2015

Mémoires pour Simone (1986)



TV documentary as a tribute to Simone Signoret.

Sensitive and insightful homage, more essay than docuemtary, typical for Chris Marker's style of approach.