| Edition |
Guillame-approved special ed.; widescreen format (1.66:1). |
| Description |
1 DVD (130 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (44 pages : color, illustrations ; 18 cm). |
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digital |
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optical |
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mono |
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Dolby |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 387
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Criterion collection ; 387.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital mono. |
| Performer |
Cast for La jetée: Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich, Jacques Ledoux, André Heinrich, Jacques Branchu ; narrated by Jean Negroni. |
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Sans soleil: Letters read by Alexandra Stewart. |
| Credits |
La jetée: Editing, Jean Ravel ; music by Trevor Duncan. |
| Note |
Special features: video interviews with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin (from 2005); "Chris on Chris" (a video piece on Marker by writer Chris Darke, 10 min.); two excerpts from the French TV series "Court-circuit (le magazine)" directed by Luc Lagier (a 2 min. long look at David Bowie's 1993 music video for "Jump they say", which was inspired by "La jetée" & a 9 min. long analysis of Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" and its influence on Marker). |
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Booklet contains a critical essay by Marker scholar Catherine Lupton ("Memory's apostle : Chris Marker, 'La jetée', and 'Sans soliel'"), an autobiographical essay by Marker fans Catherine Brighton & Andrew Brighton ("This is the story"), an interview with Marker by Samuel Douhaire & Annick Rivoire ("Rare Marker : an interview", originally published in French in 2003, translated into English by Marker in 2007); and various notes by Marker. |
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"Enhanced for 16:9 televisions"--Disc label. |
| Summary |
La jetée: An unnamed man experiments with time travel, in hopes of finding a solutions to the problems of his post-apocalyptic home era. Narrated almost entirely using black-and-white still photographs. |
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Sans soleil: Actress Alexandra Stewart reads and comments on the letters she receives from (fictional) Sandor Krasna, a world-traveling freelance cameraman. Explores the immense diversity of the human species and its differing societies. |
| Contents |
La jetée (1963, 27 min.) / Argos-Films présente ; avec la participation du Service de la Recherche de la R.T.F. ; un photo-roman de Chris Marker-- Sans soleil = Sunless (1983, 103 min.) / conception and editing, Chris Marker. |
| Language |
In French, with optional English subtitles. |
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Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. |
| Subject |
Time travel -- Drama.
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Time travel. |
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Drama.
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Photographers -- Drama.
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Photographers. |
| Genre/Form |
Experimental films.
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Experimental films.
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Short films.
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Short films.
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Science fiction films.
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Science fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Documentary-style films.
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Documentary-style films.
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Subject |
Longs métrages -- France. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Added Author |
Marker, Chris, 1921-2012.
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Chatelain, Hélène.
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Hanich, Davos.
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Ledoux, Jacques.
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Heinrich, André.
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Branchu, Jacques, 1921-1988.
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Négroni, Jean.
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Stewart, Alexandra.
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Gorin, Jean-Pierre.
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Darke, Chris.
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Lupton, Catherine.
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Argos Films.
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Office de radiodiffusion-télévision française. Service de la recherche.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Sans soleil |
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Jetée (Motion picture)
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Sans soleil (Motion picture)
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Sunless.
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Chris on Chris.
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Memory's apostle : Chris Marker, 'La jetée', and 'Sans soliel'.
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Rare Marker : an interview.
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| ISBN |
193412155X |
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9781934121559 |
| Standard No. |
715515023924 |
| Music No. |
CC1694D Criterion Collection |
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