Author: Chris Marker | Designer: Bruce Mau | Page Count: 258
"Moments to remember are just like other moments.
They are only made memorable by the scars they leave."
Chris Marker's La Jetée (1962) was a short experimental film that was composed almost entirely of still images, with a V/O narration telling the story from a very specific POV. The stills used in the film's composition are reproduced here, with the relevant text accompanying each image. The text is in both French and English, as the original short film was a French production.
If you're familiar with the film, it's an odd experience having the voice of the narrator replaced by your own inner-narrator. The inflections are different. The pacing is different. The edit is different. Nevertheless, if you can immerse yourself fully in the experience, then it's equally as profound and equally as unsettling.
If you haven't viewed the film, I can't imagine how you'll feel about the book or even if it would have the same kind of emotional impact. I recommend a viewing before a reading, simply because you'd be assimilating the works in the order which they were revealed, but there may well be advantages in reversing the process that I'm not aware of and am now incapable of experiencing.
One thing I'm sure of is that once viewed the images become inseparable from the words, regardless if they're spoken or written.
5 photos from the future out of 5
1 comment:
Just ordered this one.
$25 :D
Some goof is trying to sell it for $55 used on the same site. :rolleyes:
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