La Jetée
Short Film
1962
28m
NR
French
Romance, Science Fiction
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La Jetée
NR
Short Film
1962
28m
French
Romance, Science Fiction
A man is sent back and forth and in and out of time in an experiment that attempts to unravel the fate and the solution to the problems of a post-apocalyptic world during the aftermath of WW3. The experiment results in him getting caught up in a perpetual reminiscence of past events that are recreated on an airport’s viewing pier.
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Cast
The Narrator (voice)
The Woman
L'homme
The Experimenter
Woman from the Future
Woman from the Future
Man from the Future
Directed By: Chris Marker
Written By: Chris Marker
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justindt
/10 3 months ago
My eternal struggle for time to watch movies, which is further plagued by spending an hour deciding what to watch. This time it led me to probably the most famous short film in history or at least in that area along Duck Soup or The Red Balloon.
La Jetee is a short 28 minute film about time, love More
La Jetee is a short 28 minute film about time, love More
Cyberknight
5 years ago
The short film that inspired Terry Gilliam's "Twelve Monkeys" (1995). A man travels through time, to his life before World War III, guided by his persistent memories of the past. The story is thoroughly narrated, almost completely made of still greyscale images.
Charles Tatum
one year ago
This French short film, made in 1962 at the height of the Cold War, tells the story of an unnamed man who travels through time looking for help for the destroyed city of Paris. It served as the basis for "Twelve Monkeys," and, I theorize, may have kick started the central idea in "The Time Traveler' More
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