Thursday, May 22, 2025, 7:30 p.m., Dryden Theatre
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La Jetée
(Chris Marker, France 1962, 28 min., 16mm)
Sans Soleil
(Chris Marker, France 1983, 100 min., DCP, French with English subtitles)
Marker's practically indescribable masterpiece is a fascinating movie essay on the nature of time and memory. With spellbinding words and images, Marker shuttles us around the globe to such places as Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco. The overall effect is similar to reading a letter from an old friend. Preceded by La Jetée, Marker's most renowned film, which uses still photographs for its story of a man who attempts time travel in the aftermath of a nuclear war