Chris Marker

Filmography

Films by this director

Statues also Die

(Les statues meurent aussi, 1953.)

Directed by: Chris Marker

PHOTOGRAPHY: Ghislain Cloquet

Synopsis:

Made by commission, this was originally supposed to be just a film about African art. Exploring the theme, it became apparent that the film would grow into something much bigger. Starting from the premise that statues may die too, the authors deal with the pernicious effects of European colonialism on African art. From the moment the artwork is catalogued and placed in a museum display, devoid of its real roots and the context in which it was created, to the influence on the African art developm...

35 mm, b/w, 30 min

The Lovely Month of May

(Le Joli mai, France, 1963)

Directed by: Chris Marker

PHOTOGRAPHY: Étienne Becker, Denys Clerval, Pierre Lhomme, Pierre Willemin

Synopsis:

Production: Sofracima

b/w, 145'

La Bataille des Dix Millions

(Kuba, France, 1970)

Directed by: Chris Marker

Synopsis:

Nakon ¡Cuba Si! (1961.) Marker se vraća na Kubu kako bi „markirao“ tijek revolucije. Film prati Castrov neuspješni pokušaj da udvostruči nacionalnu proizvodnju šećerne trske (na deset milijuna tona iz naslova) kako bi spriječio ekonomsku propast. Marker transformira Castrov gambit u briljantnu autokritiku. (D. P.)

58'

Sans soleil

(France, 1983)

Directed by: Chris Marker

PHOTOGRAPHY: Chris Marker

Synopsis:

Svjetski putnik Sandor Krasna dopisuje se sa svojom imaginarnom prijateljicom (glas Florence Delay), te joj opisuje gradove i predjele koje neumorno obilazi, kao i ljude koje na tim putovanjima susreće. Krasna putuje kroz Japan, Gvineju Bisau, Island i San Francisco, a riječi iz njegovih pisama koja čita njegova prijateljica praćene su kadrovima zemljopisno udaljenih mjesta i sintetiziranim zvukovima. U filozofično intoniranim pismima svog slobodnog putopisa Krasna se bavi prirodom ljudskog sjeć...

color and b/w, 100'

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