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The classic short that inspired Terry Gilliam_s "12 Monkeys". Director Chris Marker_s preffered cut. (Cortos_8)

Channel: Film & Animation
Uploaded: June 15, 2007 at 10:37 am
Author: cortostv

Length: 00:26:20
Rating: 4.89
Views: 102572

Tags: cortostv films jetee

Video Comments:
jonnyrockettt (January 8, 2009 at 11:47 am)
i thought this film was amazing
Carlibra57 (January 8, 2009 at 7:19 am)
A masterpiece! This movie makes me stop breathing at the magical momment.
florlittlegirlblue (January 7, 2009 at 11:22 pm)
I love this movie!! 12 monkeys isn't that good.
kcycrs (January 3, 2009 at 11:34 pm)
"To hear cynics tell it, you could translate a Matlock episode into French and critics would hoist it to their shoulders."

I may be a cynic but I agree with the sentiment made in that statement. La Jetee is a good short story of a film, but by no means a great film. And certainly not the greatest science fiction film of all time, as many on here have suggested.

I found far more to like in another French short of that era: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Richard7901 (January 5, 2009 at 5:57 pm)
just watched Owl Creek.............(!) nothing to it. La Jetee is far superior on many levels. The still image technique, the mood, the representation of time through snapshots as in dreams and memories, the way it dislocates the viewer with the storyline that is compelling because of the fragments of visual information abstractly while directly relating to the narrative. It is this space between what we see and what we imagine we are supposed to see in the voice over that the individual adds.
dirtwbag (December 30, 2008 at 9:33 pm)
The "magic" moment comes at 18:25. :)
bwel2500 (December 23, 2008 at 5:24 pm)
Thanks for posting. A great piece of work.
poobrothers (December 22, 2008 at 9:31 pm)
i like the part when the cat dies
khelar4life (December 21, 2008 at 5:19 pm)
Thanks for posting this great piece of art online
PGMAMustDie (December 15, 2008 at 1:33 am)
Yeah, you know.
Heard all the press, prior, but regardless, still felt kinda bummed by it in the end. I could certainly see the ' genius ' side in it all, and it could be quite grim - especially the first parts ( the opening's striking ); but I couldn't help but be reminded of Jean Luc Goddard's ' Alphaville ', w/c I sort of preferred more in that it wasn't just an experience but had rather solid metafictional points to make ( i.e. state of male heroism in time of emasculating industry ).