I am haunted by Chris Marker's Sans Soleil.
I picked it up because it's paired with Le Jetee of a Criterion DVD. And I've been watching it over and over again since it arrived.
Nominally its a travelogue of sorts with a woman reading the letters of a photojournalist while we look at images that relate. Most of the material relates to Japan and Africa. However Marker has arranged it in such away that it relates to a wide variety of subjects. Its a film that is full of endless possibilities since there is not only too much to take in on a single viewing, but also because the more you see it the more the film changes a you make more and more connections between bits of the film. How you feel about the film is constantly being rewritten by the connections you make.
My sole complaint about the film is the constant repetition of "the wrote me" in the narration. Other than that its a trip.
And while its very much attached to the technology of the time the film was made, its still very much relevant some 30 years later.
If you want a head trip see this film.
I picked it up because it's paired with Le Jetee of a Criterion DVD. And I've been watching it over and over again since it arrived.
Nominally its a travelogue of sorts with a woman reading the letters of a photojournalist while we look at images that relate. Most of the material relates to Japan and Africa. However Marker has arranged it in such away that it relates to a wide variety of subjects. Its a film that is full of endless possibilities since there is not only too much to take in on a single viewing, but also because the more you see it the more the film changes a you make more and more connections between bits of the film. How you feel about the film is constantly being rewritten by the connections you make.
My sole complaint about the film is the constant repetition of "the wrote me" in the narration. Other than that its a trip.
And while its very much attached to the technology of the time the film was made, its still very much relevant some 30 years later.
If you want a head trip see this film.