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La Jetée pioneers new storytelling possibilities by shaving an ambitious science-fiction narrative down to its bare essentials, achieving a transporting texture with each still frame.
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Release date: Jan 1, 1962
All Critics (26) | Top Critics (4) | DVD (5)
One of the best of all SF films is this haunting, apocalyptic 27-minute French short by the great Chris Marker. Jun 6, 2007 | Full Review…
One of the best of all SF films is this haunting, apocalyptic 27-minute French short by the great Chris Marker.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
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. Jun 24, 2006 | Full Review…
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.
Geoff Andrew
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. May 9, 2005 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
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.
Bosley Crowther
This is Marker's masterpiece. Nov 21, 2003 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
This is Marker's masterpiece.
Jonathan Curiel
A brief experiment in film form, a bold challenge to the conventional wisdom of what constitutes cinema. Aug 5, 2019 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
A brief experiment in film form, a bold challenge to the conventional wisdom of what constitutes cinema.
Matthew Lucas
Each black-and-white frame is striking, dynamic, surprising, and tragic; they mark you forever. Apr 15, 2019 | Full Review…
Each black-and-white frame is striking, dynamic, surprising, and tragic; they mark you forever.
Adam Nayman
The major influence on Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys, La Jetée is made up almost entirely of still photographs that tell the futuristic story of a time traveler. Mar 9, 2012 | Full Review…
The major influence on Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys, La Jetée is made up almost entirely of still photographs that tell the futuristic story of a time traveler.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It's a stirring, emotional film about the unique hold memories have over people's lives and how experiences themselves are fleeting. Feb 23, 2012 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
It's a stirring, emotional film about the unique hold memories have over people's lives and how experiences themselves are fleeting.
Eric Melin
One of the greatest films ever made. Apr 29, 2011 | Rating: 5/5
One of the greatest films ever made.
Phil Hall
Lovely. Jan 5, 2008 | Rating: 5/5
Lovely.
Cole Smithey
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. Aug 1, 2007 | Rating: A+ | Full Review…
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.
Dennis Schwartz
Incredibly influential, dauntingly beautiful short made up almost entirely of stills. Inspired a generation of sci-fi directors. Jun 6, 2007 | Full Review…
Incredibly influential, dauntingly beautiful short made up almost entirely of stills. Inspired a generation of sci-fi directors.
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