A film by Chris Marker in the 1962 which was inspired by
Terry Gilliam’s 12 Monkeys. The whole
film was composed using frames of pictures. The movie revolves around a post-apocalyptic
era within the near future were the people was forced to live underground because
of the nuclear atmosphere. The people
were subjected to a test like lab rats as they try to find a way to time travel
back to the past.
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| Fig.1 - Test Experiment |
The man who was chosen because he was emotionally attached
to the past so he was subjected to their experiment and suffered because of it,
However, after a long gruesome and nightmarish time, he was eventually sent
back to the past where he fell in love with a woman in a pier.
Due to his accomplishment we was invited by an advance
futuristic race were to join them in their futuristic land, however, he refused
to join then but he requested to be permanently sent back in time where he met
the girl by the pier.
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| Fig.2 - Natural Museum |
The short narrative film almost gave us the feeling that
they didn't explain much of the story and sometimes some of the picture does
not matches the same description such as during the time it as narrating the
pictures in a museum. The narration was very immersive to the story and draws
attention, same goes for the sound track that was used such as: the talking
voices, Radio sounds, and some of the constant musical background unlike some
of the picture was sometimes feels out of place or unimportant to the narrative
of this post-apocalyptic film.
Bibliography.
Ankeny, Jason, (unknown), (26/01/15), http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/la_jetee/
Illustration.
Fig.1 - Online (26/01/15) http://www.criterion.com/films/329-la-jetee
Fig.2 - Fneton, Rosaline (online) (2/01/15) https://www.scribd.com/doc/199566124/La-jetee
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ReplyDeleteYou have started to touch on some of the important aspects of this film; I think you possibly could have gone into a bit more depth surrounding the use of the still image rather than moving ones, and the effect this has on the audience. How does the photo link with memory, for example?
You state that this film was inspired by '12 Monkeys'... actually, it the other way round - '12 Monkeys' was inspired by 'La Jetee'. The Gilliam film wasn't made until 1995, some 30+ after 'La Jetee'.
Also, don't forget that you need to support your discussion with at least 3 quotes from published sources - these should be introduced and then discussed within your text. Make sure that the quotes are in italics, and that you reference them after each one, with the authors surname and the year of the quote, both in brackets. The full details of where you found the quote then goes in the bibliography.
ReplyDeleteYeah im sorry i completely forgot to add the quotes in while i was writing the review.
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