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La Jetée

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La Jetée (1962)

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Reviews Counted:21

Fresh:19

Rotten:2

Average Rating:8.5/10

Runtime: 29 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: After a global holocaust, humanity's hopes for survival hinge on time-travel experiments conducted upon a man whose dreams reveal a clarion recall of a defining moment in his childhood, when he... After a global holocaust, humanity's hopes for survival hinge on time-travel experiments conducted upon a man whose dreams reveal a clarion recall of a defining moment in his childhood, when he witnessed a murder. The narrative is revealed through a montage of stills and inspired the American film 12 MONKEYS. [More]

Director: Chris Marker

Director: Chris Marker

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Nov 30, 1999

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Lovely.

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01/05/08
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

Always confounding even when it seems accessible, the mysterious and gripping plot raises unanswerable questions about time, memory and the progress of life on this planet.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
08/01/07
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Incredibly influential, dauntingly beautiful short made up almost entirely of stills. Inspired a generation of sci-fi directors.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
06/06/07
Channel 4 Film

A remarkable and unique experimental short that consists solely of still frames, narration, music and sound effects as it relates an apocalyptic tale of memory and time-travel.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
06/06/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

One of the best of all SF films is this haunting, apocalyptic 27-minute French short by the great Chris Marker.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
06/06/07
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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Eisenstein stripped back to the studs. Powerful, haunting, unforgettable.

Full Review Source: Cinemania | comment Comment
09/08/06
Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Cinemania

The soundtrack's texture is similarly sparse, and the fluid montage leads the viewer into the sensation of watching moving images. Until, that is, an extraordinary epiphany when an image genuinely does move.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

No review available.

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07/24/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

I find it tediously pretentious, but there are striking images in it, and it does get across a vague impression of Frankensteinian meddling with the brain.

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05/09/05
Bosley Crowther
Bosley Crowther
New York Times
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This is Marker's masterpiece.

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11/21/03
Jonathan Curiel
Jonathan Curiel
San Francisco Chronicle
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It is an essential fiction, a short story whose diminutive length does little to foretell its breadth.

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06/04/03
Rumsey Taylor
Rumsey Taylor
Not Coming to a Theater Near You

The most haunting sci-fi film ever made.

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05/16/03
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

No review available.

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01/27/03
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

A perfect little short all shot in still images -- more haunting than its big-budget remake, 12 Monkeys

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01/09/03
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

One of the most startling and haunting films to ever fall under the banner of science fiction.

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12/02/02
Jason Anderson
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No review available.

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10/14/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The narrator’s own haunting story is what makes this film truly mesmerizing.

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08/21/02
Marty Mapes
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Movie Habit

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07/26/02
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

One of the most cohesive expressions found in the art form.

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03/05/02
Jeremy Heilman
Jeremy Heilman
MovieMartyr.com

It's no exaggeration, finally, to say that La Jetee may represent film's closest approach to poetry.

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