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The classic short that inspired Terry Gilliam_s
"12 Monkeys". Director Chris Marker_s preffered
cut. (Cortos_8)
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Affichage : 76394
Durée : 1580 s |
| La Jetée.Chris Marker.(1963) 1/3 |
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Directed by Chris Marker (inspiration for Terry
Gilliam's 12 Monkeys)
La Jetee's Script pt.1
This is the story of a man, marked by an image
from his childhood. The
violent scene that upsets him, and whose meaning
he was to grasp only years
later, happened on the main jetty at Orly, the
Paris airport, sometime
before the outbreak of World War III.
Orly, Sunday. Parents used to take their children
there to watch the
departing planes.
On this particular Sunday, the child whose story
we are telling was bound
to remember the frozen sun, the setting at the end
of the jetty, and a
woman's face.
Nothing sorts out memories from ordinary moments.
Later on they do claim
remembrance when they show their scars. That face
he had seen was to be the
only peacetime image to survive the war. Had he
really seen it? Or had he
invented that tender moment to prop up the madness
to come?
The sudden roar, the woman's gesture, the
crumpling body, and the cries of
the crowd on the jetty blurred by fear.
Later, he knew he had seen a man die.
And sometime after came the destruction of Paris.
Many died. Some believed themselves to be victors.
Others were taken
prisoner. The survivors settled beneath Chaillot,
in an underground network
of galleries.
Above ground, Paris, as most of the world, was
uninhabitable, riddled with
radioactivity.
The victors stood guard over an empire of rats.
The prisoners were subjected to experiments,
apparently of great concern to
those who conducted them.
The outcome was a disappointment for some - death
for others - and for
others yet, madness.
One day they came to select a new guinea pig from
among the prisoners.
He was the man whose story we are telling.
He was frightened. He had heard about the Head
Experimenter. He was
prepared to meet Dr. Frankenstein, or the Mad
Scientist. Instead, he met a
reasonable man who explained calmly that the human
race was doomed. Space
was off-limits. The only hope for survival lay in
Time. A loophole in Time,
and then maybe it would be possible to reach food,
medicine, sources of
energy.
This was the aim of the experiments: to send
emissaries into Time, to
summon the Past and Future to the aid of the
Present.
But the human mind balked at the idea. To wake up
in another age meant to
be born again as an adult. The shock would be too
great.
Having only sent lifeless or insentient bodies
through different zones of
Time, the inventors where now concentrating on men
given to very strong
mental images. If they were able to conceive or
dream another time, perhaps
they would be able to live in it.
The camp police spied even on dreams.
This man was selected from among a thousand for
his obsession with an image
from the past.
Nothing else, at first, put stripping out the
present, and its racks.
They begin again.
The man doesn't die, nor does he go mad. He
suffers.
Tags : chris marker la jetee jetée 12 twelve monkeys inspired france terry gilliam james cole jeffrey goines |
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Affichage : 33479
Durée : 540 s |
| La Jetee (in French, English subtitles from 16mm) pt.1 |
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Classic sci-fi that influenced many later
directors and films. Hard to find- I did a poor
job shooting this from a 16mm film which I can't
borrow again, was unable to make the subtitles
clearer- but i hope there is enjoyment anyway,
YT has several dubbed-in English versions- one not
too good (the narrator uses the phrase, "the head
experimentater" making me think for all his
perfect accent he is not a native english speaker-
it hurts the solemn mood of the film when such
comical gaffs occur, and holes in a really nice
soundtrack to replace the narration- another dub
is better done, tho the guy sounds like Keith
Moon, quite cockney... and one is a student
project with a re-dubbed soundtrack. This is the
film as released on 16mm, retaining the original
soundtrack, and with subtitles that are hard to
read...but like most Americans I hate dubbing.
Wanna hear the sound more as the director
intended. So even tho its not a great copy, on
this one you can hear it in French and read it in
English...it has a cool soundtrack- I like to mic
the films from near the projector so you get to
hear the clacking and whirring. So if like me you
understand v. little French but hate dubbing, you
may like to see this version.
Tags : La Jetee science fiction sci fi french movies |
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Affichage : 12628
Durée : 568 s |
| la jetée (Engl.) 1/3 |
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"Nothing tells memories from ordinary moments,
only afterwards do they claim rememberance on
account of their scars."
A short film that is a reflection about time,
happiness and love, entirely composed of b&w
static shots. La Jetee, is one of the most
enigmatic and thought provoking science fiction
films ever made.
The original French version should be available
around here, but the English narrator got
something captivating and laconic in his voice,
too.
Tags : la jetée jetee science fiction 12 monkeys Chris Marker English time travel fallout post apocalyptic |
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Affichage : 25510
Durée : 538 s |
| La Jetee (in French, English subtitles, from 16mm) pt.2 |
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Spoiler! If you haven't seen it don't read this!At
about 7minutes fifty seconds is the famous moving
scene- watch her face closely. Some guy wrote at
another YT version that its just another series of
stills- it is, at 24 frames per second. She opens
her eyes and blinks 3 times...sort of like Dorothy
clicking her heels. In the next segment the pair
are pictured with stuffed animals- and they don't
move any more than the specimens do- so the scene
in bed is where he got back in time, really, just
for a moment, before being yanked back.- and one
realizes that in this story, innocent people like
them, (like us?) in love for a moment, are as
doomed as the trilobytes. I didn't know about this
scene- when I noticed it on the 4th or 5th viewing
I was amazed, and ran the projector back several
times to be sure. Wow. In a world of stagnant
frozen moments, a tiny movement is like seeing a
miracle. Someday we won't move at all. Carpe Diem,
and Carpe Noctem, my friends! We take our choice
of movements somewhat for granted. It is such a
blessing to move through this world, and to have a
living, breathing world through which to move. The
suggestion that innocence, kindness, and feelings
will perish long before the human race is the
scariest notion here. May we never be as efficient
as the cockroaches, who eat their dead pals. May
we always strive to keep love in our hearts, no
matter what. Dream better dreams for the future,
please, than the world of "la jetee". Peace/ out.
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Affichage : 5522
Durée : 571 s |
| la jetée (Engl.) 3/3 |
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"Nothing tells memories from ordinary moments,
only afterwards do they claim rememberance on
account of their scars."
A short film that is a reflection about time,
happiness and love, entirely composed of b&w
static shots. La Jetee, is one of the most
enigmatic and thought provoking science fiction
films ever made.
The original French version should be available
around here, but the English narrator got
something captivating and laconic in his voice,
too.
Tags : la jetée jetee science fiction 12 monkeys Chris Marker English time travel fallout post |
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Affichage : 9946
Durée : 460 s |
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