We Maintain It Is Possible
In 1973, after the failure of wage negotiations with the management of the Lip watch factories, the workers went on strike. Marker was responsible...
See moreStopover in Dubai
Stopover in Dubai is a chillingly simple – and riveting – found-footage documentary on a reconstructed murder. The original film was produced by...
See moreFrom a Distant Gaze
Jean Ravel's A Distant Gaze (D'un lointain regard) is a 12-minute observance of people on the streets backed by Michel Legrand music.
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A still, highly overexposed shot of a car bridge and the river below. A cinematic haiku by Chris Marker.
See morePlaytime in Paris
Catherine Varlin's 27-minute Playtime in Paris (1962) is almost a practice run for Le joli mai, a sampling that starts in a classroom and then...
See moreAn Owl Is an Owl Is an Owl
From Chris Marker's collection Bestiaire aka Petit Bestiaire (1990), consisting of three video haikus.
See moreLa Jétee
A radical re-imagining of French auteur Chris Marker's masterpiece.
See moreLife and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke
'Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke' A modern Miami adaptation of the 1962 French short film 'La Jetee', the film recounts Luke's (Uncle Luke...
See moreBullfight in Okinawa
Chris Marker’s Bullfight in Okinawa is a bizarre, 4 min documentary that introduces viewers to Japan’s subterranean past time of bullfighting. Part...
See moreOwl Gets in Your Eyes
A cinematic haiku by Chris Marker.
See moreTheory of Sets
Made entirely on Roger Wagner's HyperStudio software, Chris Marker explores set theory, using Noah's Ark as an example.
See moreLes hommes de la baleine
In a small fishermen's village in the Azores, an enormous whale is being jointed, carved and stocked. Once this task is over, the whalers ready...
See moreThe Spiral
Documentary on the events provoked by the systematic attack of imperialism on the Popular Unity government in Chile, presided by Salvador Allende.
See moreLes Deux mémoires
The two memories
See moreThe Sea and the Days
Everyday life of fishermen on Brittany's Ile de Sein.
See moreDes Hommes Dans Le Ciel
Pictures at an Exhibition
Pictures, collages, well, call'em XPLUGS
See moreThe Mystery of Workshop 15
A documentary film about occupational diseases shot in 1957 at the Francolor factory in Oissel. It takes the form of a scientific investigation to...
See moreReport on Brazil: Torture
On September the 4th, 1969, a group of Brazilian revolutionaries kidnap the U.S. ambassador. In exchange for his release, they demand that the...
See moreRush - Voyage à Moscou
A document of Perestroika, to be viewed as (nearly) unedited rushes of a voyage to Moscow, preserved by compatriot Costa-Gavras. Says Émilie Cauquy...
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