La jetée (1962)

[thatguy]

From wikipedia:

La Jetée is a 1962 French science fiction featurette by Chris Marker. Constructed almost entirely from still photos, it tells the story of a post-nuclear war experiment in time travel. The film runs for 28 minutes and is in black and white.

I watched this while I was fending off the plague a few weeks ago. It was really engaging and cleverly put together. Apparently it was the inspiration for Gilliam's 12 Monkeys.

Here's the whole thing in French, avec subtitles in Portuguese(?) just to taunt you a second tim-eh...

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[thatguy]

"Even if you're not in Chicago, you can stream the 75-minute opera on November 8 and 10."

https://boingboing.net/2022/11/07/la-jet...opera.html

"La Jetée," the famous French time travel short film, is being adapted into a new opera

Thom Dunn 
12:19 pm, Mon  Nov 7, 2022 




La Jetée is a 1962 French short film about an apocalyptic time travel experiment, told using entirely still images. You may know it as the basis/inspiration for Terry Gilliam's 1995 masterpiece 12 Monkeys. 



Now, the film is being adapted into an epic chamber music performance by the Chicago Fringe Opera with music by Seth Boustead and a libretto by novelist J. Robert Lennon (Broken River and Subdivision). Lennon's also a friend of mine, but I'd be excited about this anyway because I love La Jetée.

Even if you're not in Chicago, you can stream the 75-minute opera on November 8 and 10. Not sure if they plan on posting the video or streaming anything after that.
La Jetée — Access Contemporary Music and Chicago Fringe Opera

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