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Sans Soleil with La Jetee

Presented by International House Philadelphia at The Ibrahim Theater at International House

June 17, 2011

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Sans Soleil, dir. Chris Marker, France, 1983, 35mm, 100 mins, color, narrated in English by Alexandra Stewart. Chris Marker, filmmaker, poet, novelist, photographer, editor, and now videographer and digital multimedia artist, has been challenging moviegoers, philosophers and himself for years with his complex queries about time, memory, and the rapid advancement of life on this planet. Sans Soleil is his mind-bending free-form travelogue that journeys from Africa to Japan. Preceded by La Jetée, dir. Chris Marker, France, 1962, 16mm, 28mins. b/w, French w/ English subtitles. The film that inspired Terry Gilliam’s 12 Monkeys, Marker’s La Jetée is one of the most influential, radical science-fiction films ever made, a tale of time travel told in still images. Introduced by archivist Paul Lewis. Paul Lewis presents a visual introduction to filmmaker Chris Marker’s fascinating bibliography with books from his collection. The majority of Marker’s printed work is unknown to even the most dedicated fans of his films due to scarcity and the fact that it is printed almost exclusively in French.