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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 : 63548
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.
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Affichage : 30795
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 : 10690
Durée : 568 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 : 4959
Durée : 571 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 : 23989
Durée : 538 s |
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