{"product_id":"la-jetzse-9781844576425","title":"La Jetée","description":"\u003cp\u003eChris Marker's \u003ci\u003eLa Jet?e\u003c\/i\u003e is 28 minutes long and almost entirely made up of black-and-white still images. Since its release in 1964, the film - which Marker described as a 'photo-novel' - has haunted generations of viewers and inspired writers, artists and film-makers. Its spiralling narrative of post-nuclear war time-travel narrative has influenced many other films, including the \u003ci\u003eTerminator\u003c\/i\u003e series and Terry Gilliam's Hollywood 'remake' \u003ci\u003eTwelve Monkeys\u003c\/i\u003e (1995). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut as Marker rarely gave interviews, little is really known about the origins of \u003ci\u003eLa Jet?e\u003c\/i\u003e or the ideas behind it. In this groundbreaking study, Chris Darke draws on rare archival material, including previously unpublished correspondence and production documents, to examine the making of the film. He explores how Marker's only fiction film was influenced both by his early work as a writer and by Alfred Hitchcock's \u003ci\u003eVertigo\u003c\/i\u003e (1958), and considers how \u003ci\u003eLa Jet?e'\u003c\/i\u003es imagery can be seen to 'echo' throughout Marker's extraordinarily diverse oeuvre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChris Darke is a Senior Lecturer in Film at the University of Roehampton, UK, as well as a writer and film critic whose work has appeared in many magazines, including Sight \u0026amp; Sound, Film Comment and Cahiers du cinéma. He is also the author of several books, including Light Readings: Film Criticism and Screen Arts (2000), and the co-curator of the major exhibition, Chris Marker: A Grin Without a Cat, at the Whitechapel Gallery, London, in 2014.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"British Film Institute","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50642537283858,"sku":"9781844576425","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7b7ebc99-a57f-4113-b77a-121acbb4aab5.jpg?v=1733068656","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/la-jetzse-9781844576425","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}