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La jetée Sans soleil
Title
La jetée [videorecording] ; Sans soleil / two films by Chris Marker.
ISBN
193412155X
9781934121559
Edition
Special ed.
Published
[United States] : Criterion Collection, [2007]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (44 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Notes
Title from container.
La jetée originally produced in 1962; Sans soleil, in 1983.
Special features: new, restored high-definition digital transfers, approved by director Chris Marker; new video interviews with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin; Chris on Chris, a video piece on Marker by filmmaker and critic Chris Darke; two excerpts from the French TV series "Court-circuit (le magazine)" directed by Luc Lagier.
English or French dialogue with optional English subtitles; subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Summary
"La jetée" was the inspiration for Terry Gilliam's film "Twelve Monkeys" and is almost entirely narrated using black and white stills. After Paris is destroyed in a third world war, the survivors are forced to retreat underground where scientists conduct strange time-travel experiments in an effort to escape to a better past or future. In "Sans soleil", an unknown woman reads the writings of a cameraman who travels the world to produce a study of "the dreams of the human race"; he is particularly attracted to the two extremes of Japan and Africa, and discusses the images that he creates with the woman.
Variant and related titles
Sans soleil.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
French; English
Added to Catalog
August 14, 2007
Series
The Criterion collection ; 387
System details note
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC.
Subjects
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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