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La jetée Sans soleil /​ two films by Chris Marker.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: [S.l.] : Nouveaux Pictures, ©2003.Description: 1 videodisc (29, 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 bookletSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • A00806
Production credits:
  • Credits (La jetée): Music by Trevor Duncan; voice: James Kirk; written and directed by Chris Marker. Credits (Sans soleil): Music: 'Sunless' by Moussorgsky, 'Valse triste' by Sibelius; singer: Arielle Dombasle; narrator (English version); Alexandra Stewart; produced by Anatole Daumann; written and directed by Chris Marker.
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.
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DVD DVD Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore A00806 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) S32 Available A00806

Credits (La jetée): Music by Trevor Duncan; voice: James Kirk; written and directed by Chris Marker.
Credits (Sans soleil): Music: 'Sunless' by Moussorgsky, 'Valse triste' by Sibelius; singer: Arielle Dombasle; narrator (English version); Alexandra Stewart; produced by Anatole Daumann; written and directed by Chris Marker.

"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.

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