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Date Posted: Sunday, August 05, 07:11:10am
Author: Lij
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Subject: French filmmaker Chris Marker has died

French filmmaker Chris Marker (real name: Christian Francois Bouche-Velleneuve) died in Paris on July 29 at age 91. Even if you've never heard of him, you've seen his influence [http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/blog/2012/07/chris_marker_19.html]:

Marker was a photographer, novelist, documentarian, and multimedia artist, but he's probably best known for 1962's "La Jetee" the 28-minute short that influenced an entire generation of filmmakers. 'The Matrix' wouldn't exist without it and Terry Gilliam famously expanded Marker's storyline into 1995's 'Twelve Monkeys,' but the original obviously needs to be met on its own terms. Certainly there was nothing remotely like "La Jetee" when it came out in '62: A post-apocalyptic sci-fi romance told almost entirely in black-and-white still photographs. The one exception - the one shot that moves - remains one of the most gracefully hair-raising moments in the history of the medium, and it encapsulates Marker's obsession with time and memory, as well as his choice of film as the medium best suited to explore both.


"La Jetee" - http://vimeo.com/27339963
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[> Beautiful and haunting as well. -- AS, Sunday, August 05, 09:09:13am (d99-199-122-58.bchsia.telus.net/99.199.122.58)

Thank you.


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