Sunday, May 22, 2011

La Jetée (Chris Marker, 1962)

La Jetée is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi / avant garde film from 1962, or maybe more descriptive as a photo novel. It's from a time when airports still had observation decks. La Jetée starts and ends at Paris Orly Airport.

It is labeled a French science fiction film by Chris Marker and is based on Terry Gilliam’s Twelve Monkeys: