La jetée : Sans soleil.
La jetée: An unnamed man experiments with time travel, in hopes of finding a solutions to the problems of his post-apocalyptic home era. Narrated almost entirely using black-and-white still photographs.
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | French |
| Language Notes: | Subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH). In French, with optional English subtitles. |
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[Irvington, N.Y.] :
Criterion Collection,
[2007]
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| Edition: | Guillame-approved special ed. |
| Series: | Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ;
387. |
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| Summary: | La jetée: An unnamed man experiments with time travel, in hopes of finding a solutions to the problems of his post-apocalyptic home era. Narrated almost entirely using black-and-white still photographs. Sans soleil: Actress Alexandra Stewart reads and comments on the letters she receives from (fictional) Sandor Krasna, a world-traveling freelance cameraman. Explores the immense diversity of the human species and its differing societies. |
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| Item Description: | "Enhanced for 16:9 televisions"--Disc label. "Two films by Chris Marker"--Container. Booklet contains a critical essay by Marker scholar Catherine Lupton ("Memory's apostle : Chris Marker, 'La jetée', and 'Sans soliel'"), an autobiographical essay by Marker fans Catherine Brighton & Andrew Brighton ("This is the story"), an interview with Marker by Samuel Douhaire & Annick Rivoire ("Rare Marker : an interview", originally published in French in 2003, translated into English by Marker in 2007); and various notes by Marker. Special features: video interviews with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin (from 2005); "Chris on Chris" (a video piece on Marker by writer Chris Darke, 10 min.); two excerpts from the French TV series "Court-circuit (le magazine)" directed by Luc Lagier (a 2 min. long look at David Bowie's 1993 music video for "Jump they say", which was inspired by "La jetée" & a 9 min. long analysis of Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" and its influence on Marker). Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (44 pages : color, illustrations ; 18 cm.) |
| Format: | DVD, region 1; Dolby digital mono. |
| Production Credits: | La jetée: Editing, Jean Ravel ; music by Trevor Duncan. |
| ISBN: | 193412155X 9781934121559 |