La Jetée (1962)
La Jetée is the pre-cursor to much of our science fiction. The grandfather of virtually every mind-bending, time-twisting story to come since. Whether knowingly or not each film to dabble in this genre owes much to La Jetée and sits firmly within it’s shadow.
While that may sound bold, after seeing this film again it’s hard not to feel it’s weight. Any fan of science fiction knows that truly good science fiction has nothing to do with technology, aliens or advanced utopias. What makes science fiction great is that it brings a poetry and social study to our most human idiosyncracies by wrapping them in foreign but accessible worlds just beyond our current limited perspective.
La Jetée does this with such an economy of imagery and narration that nothing is left but the rawness of the narrator’s experience. The vehicle of the story is one of time-travel, post apocalyptic destruction , and super-advanced civilizations, but none of that matters ultimately. The story at it’s heart is one of a man transfixed by a woman and how that vision guides every decision and ultimately his fate. It’s one of hope and longing.
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| Movie: | La jetée |
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| Writer: |
Chris Marker (screenplay) |
| Genre: | Short | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi |
| Plot Outline: | Time travel, still images, a past, present and future and the aftermath of World War III. The tale of a man… See more » | Add synopsis » |
| User Rating: | 7,588 votes, average 8.3 out of 10 |
| Runtime: | 28 |
| Awards: |
1 win |
| Cast: | Jean Négroni, Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich, Jacques Ledoux, André Heinrich … |
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