La Jetée: Ciné-Roman

by Chris Marker

Book Overview

La Jet e is the book version of the legendary 1964 science fiction film about time and memory after a nuclear apocalypse. Chris Marker, the undisputed master of the filmic essay, composed the film almost entirely of still photographs.

It traces a desperate experiment by the few remaining survivors of World War III to recover and change the past, and gain access to the future, through the action of memory. A man is chosen for his unique...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0942299663
• ISBN13: 9780942299663
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Zone Books
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.8" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher