La Jetée (Original title)The Pier (Alternative title)
Date: 1962 (Release)Country: FranceA photo-roman by: Chris Marker
Synopsis: In the aftermath of World War III, Paris lies in ruins with the survivors of the War living beneath the Palais de Chaillot, in a network of underground galleries. A scientist researching time travel, hopes to send test subjects to different time periods and identifies a prisoner who has a vivid pre-war childhood memory, as a suitable subject for the experiment. After travelling through time, the prisoner comes to understand the significance of the incident that he witnessed as a child.
Genre: Science Fiction
Subjects: Future, Apocalypse, Time travel, Experiments, Memory, Prisoners
Releases
Date: 16 February 1962Country: FranceRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 16mm Film - Black and White - SoundAspect ratio: 1.66:1Runtime: 28 mins Length: 2610 FeetDialogue (original): French
Title: The history of cinema and history in cinemaAuthor: PETIT, Chris Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Review of Jean Luc Godard's HISTOIRE(S) DU CINEMA. Also refers to Chris Marker's LA JETEE.
In: Cineforum n447 Aug/Sep 2005 Page: 69
Title: Un tempo metafisicoAuthor: MARMIROLI, Pietro Article type: ReviewLanguage: Italian
In: Cineforum n447 Aug/Sep 2005 Pages: 66-68
Title: Flashback - La Jetée di Chris MarkerAuthor: MASONI, Tulio Article type: CreditsLanguage: Italian
In: Empire n171 September 2003 Page: 152
Title: RwdAuthor: [PP] Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v13 n11 November 2003 Page: 68
Title: Home movies: reviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: New review of film and television studies v1 n1 November 2003 Pages: 149-164
Title: 12 Monkeys, Vertigo and La Jetée. Postmodern mythologies[..]Author: COHEN, Alain J.-j. Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: [Article title ends..."and cult films"].
In: Télérama n2381 30 Aug 1995 Page: 93
Title: [Télérama - n2381 30 Aug 1995: no known title]Author: MURY, Cécile Article type: CreditsLanguage: French
In: Sight and Sound v4 n3 March 1994 Page: 58
Title: [Sight and Sound - v4 n3 March 1994: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Video note
In: Camera Obscura n24 September 1990 Pages: 139-161
Title: From the Photogram to the Pictogram: On Chris Marker's La...Author: BENSMAÏA, Réda Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: "...Jetée".
In: Cinema n34 1974 Pages: 56-59
Title: [Cinema - n34 1974: no known title]Language: English
In: British National Film Catalogue v4 1966 Page: 80
Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v4 1966: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n3051 24 Mar 1966 Page: 17
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3051 24 Mar 1966: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v32 n378 July 1965 Page: 114
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v32 n378 July 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Quarterly v19 n2 Winter 1965/66 Page: 50
Title: [Film Quarterly - v19 n2 Winter 1965/66: no known title]Language: English
In: Filmkritik n5 May 1965 Page: 276
Title: [Filmkritik - n5 May 1965: no known title]Language: German
In: Cinéma n87 June 1964 Page: 113
Title: [Cinéma - n87 June 1964: no known title]Language: French
In: Filmcritica n150 October 1964 Page: 485
Title: [Filmcritica - n150 October 1964: no known title]Language: Italian
In: Avant-Scène du Cinéma n38 June 1964 Page: 22
Title: [L'Avant-Scène du Cinéma - n38 June 1964: no known title]Article type: ScriptLanguage: French
In: Cinéma n76 May 1963 Page: 27
Title: [Cinéma - n76 May 1963: no known title]Language: French
In: Cahiers du Cinéma v25 n146 August 1963 Page: 37
Title: [Cahiers du Cinéma - v25 n146 August 1963: no known title]Language: French
In: Image et Son n161/162 Apr/May 1963 Page: 46
Title: [Image et Son - n161/162 Apr/May 1963: no known title]Language: French
In: Script n8 May 1963 Page: 42
Title: [Script - n8 May 1963: no known title]Language: French
In: Image et Son n165/166 Sep/Oct 1963 Page: 103
Title: [Image et Son - n165/166 Sep/Oct 1963: no known title]Language: French
In: Page: 114
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In: Page: 103
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Description: Fiche.
In: Page: 113
Title: [ - : no known title]
In: Pages: Fall 15-20
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In: Page: 50
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In: Page: 27
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In: Page: Winter 50
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Author: DARKE, Chris Pages: 94 pages
Title: Chris Marker: a grin without a cat
Author: DARKE, Chris Pages: 136 pages
Description: Includes two texts by Chris Marker.
Title: memory effect: the remediation of memory in literature and film
Author: Kilbourn, Russell J.A. Pages: vi, 355 pages
Title: Chris Marker: La Jetée
Author: HARBORD, Janet Pages: 110 pages
Title: Approche d'un film mythique: La Jetée, Chris Marker, 1963: quarante après
Author: LECONTE, Bernard Pages: 114 p.
Title: remembered film
Author: BURGIN, Victor Pages: 128 p.
Title: France / Hollywood: échanges cinématographiques et identités nationales
Author: BARNIER, Martin Pages: 230 p.
Title: The enigmatic body: essays on the arts
Author: SCHEFER, Jean-Louis Pages: vii-xxii. 186p.
Title: Marlene Dietrich: un amour par telephone
Author: BOSQUET, Alain Pages: 149p.
Title: imitation au cinéma: actes du 8e colloque de la SERCIA, à Montpellier
Author: CARCAUD-MACAIRE, Monique Pages: 500 p.
Title: Design and cinema: form follows film
Author: ULUOGLU, Belkis Pages: xiv, 361 p.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(0)
Date: 1962 (Release)Country: FranceA photo-roman by: Chris Marker
Synopsis: In the aftermath of World War III, Paris lies in ruins with the survivors of the War living beneath the Palais de Chaillot, in a network of underground galleries. A scientist researching time travel, hopes to send test subjects to different time periods and identifies a prisoner who has a vivid pre-war childhood memory, as a suitable subject for the experiment. After travelling through time, the prisoner comes to understand the significance of the incident that he witnessed as a child.
Genre: Science Fiction
Subjects: Future, Apocalypse, Time travel, Experiments, Memory, Prisoners
Releases
Date: 16 February 1962Country: FranceRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 16mm Film - Black and White - SoundAspect ratio: 1.66:1Runtime: 28 mins Length: 2610 FeetDialogue (original): French
Credits
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Presents: Argos-Films, With the participation of: Service de la Recherche de la R.T.F., Producer: Anatole Dauman, Screenplay: Chris Marker, Photography: Chris Marker, Microphotography by [Micromatières by]: Jean-Pierre Sudre, Still Images Assembly: Germano Facetti, Additional Stills Photography: Jean Chiabaud, Special Effects: D.S.A., Special Effects Operator: Cs Olaf, Special Effects Technician: Ledoux, Editor: Jean Ravel, Drawings: Duffort, Laboratory: LTC, Music by: Trevor Duncan, {Music Performed by}: Choeurs de la Cathédrale St-Alexandre Newsky, {Music Publisher}: Boosey & Hawkes, Disque Philips, Sound: SIMO, Sound: Antoine Bonfanti
Cast
(13)
Jean Négroni (), Hélène Chatelain (the woman), Davos Hanich (the man), Jacques Ledoux (the experimenter), André Heinrich, Jacques Branchu, Pierre Joffroy, Étienne Becker, Philbert von Lifchitz, Ligia Borowczyk, Janine Klein (woman from the future), Bill Klein (man from the future), Germano Faccetti
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(30)
In: Vertigo v4 n2 Spring 2009 Pages: 3-5Title: The history of cinema and history in cinemaAuthor: PETIT, Chris Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Review of Jean Luc Godard's HISTOIRE(S) DU CINEMA. Also refers to Chris Marker's LA JETEE.
In: Cineforum n447 Aug/Sep 2005 Page: 69
Title: Un tempo metafisicoAuthor: MARMIROLI, Pietro Article type: ReviewLanguage: Italian
In: Cineforum n447 Aug/Sep 2005 Pages: 66-68
Title: Flashback - La Jetée di Chris MarkerAuthor: MASONI, Tulio Article type: CreditsLanguage: Italian
In: Empire n171 September 2003 Page: 152
Title: RwdAuthor: [PP] Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v13 n11 November 2003 Page: 68
Title: Home movies: reviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: New review of film and television studies v1 n1 November 2003 Pages: 149-164
Title: 12 Monkeys, Vertigo and La Jetée. Postmodern mythologies[..]Author: COHEN, Alain J.-j. Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: [Article title ends..."and cult films"].
In: Télérama n2381 30 Aug 1995 Page: 93
Title: [Télérama - n2381 30 Aug 1995: no known title]Author: MURY, Cécile Article type: CreditsLanguage: French
In: Sight and Sound v4 n3 March 1994 Page: 58
Title: [Sight and Sound - v4 n3 March 1994: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Video note
In: Camera Obscura n24 September 1990 Pages: 139-161
Title: From the Photogram to the Pictogram: On Chris Marker's La...Author: BENSMAÏA, Réda Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: "...Jetée".
In: Cinema n34 1974 Pages: 56-59
Title: [Cinema - n34 1974: no known title]Language: English
In: British National Film Catalogue v4 1966 Page: 80
Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v4 1966: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n3051 24 Mar 1966 Page: 17
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3051 24 Mar 1966: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v32 n378 July 1965 Page: 114
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v32 n378 July 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Quarterly v19 n2 Winter 1965/66 Page: 50
Title: [Film Quarterly - v19 n2 Winter 1965/66: no known title]Language: English
In: Filmkritik n5 May 1965 Page: 276
Title: [Filmkritik - n5 May 1965: no known title]Language: German
In: Cinéma n87 June 1964 Page: 113
Title: [Cinéma - n87 June 1964: no known title]Language: French
In: Filmcritica n150 October 1964 Page: 485
Title: [Filmcritica - n150 October 1964: no known title]Language: Italian
In: Avant-Scène du Cinéma n38 June 1964 Page: 22
Title: [L'Avant-Scène du Cinéma - n38 June 1964: no known title]Article type: ScriptLanguage: French
In: Cinéma n76 May 1963 Page: 27
Title: [Cinéma - n76 May 1963: no known title]Language: French
In: Cahiers du Cinéma v25 n146 August 1963 Page: 37
Title: [Cahiers du Cinéma - v25 n146 August 1963: no known title]Language: French
In: Image et Son n161/162 Apr/May 1963 Page: 46
Title: [Image et Son - n161/162 Apr/May 1963: no known title]Language: French
In: Script n8 May 1963 Page: 42
Title: [Script - n8 May 1963: no known title]Language: French
In: Image et Son n165/166 Sep/Oct 1963 Page: 103
Title: [Image et Son - n165/166 Sep/Oct 1963: no known title]Language: French
In: Page: 114
Title: [ - : no known title]
In: Page: 103
Title: [ - : no known title]
Description: Fiche.
In: Page: 113
Title: [ - : no known title]
In: Pages: Fall 15-20
Title: [ - : no known title]
In: Page: 50
Title: [ - : no known title]
In: Page: 27
Title: [ - : no known title]
In: Page: Winter 50
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Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(11)
Title: JetéeAuthor: DARKE, Chris Pages: 94 pages
Title: Chris Marker: a grin without a cat
Author: DARKE, Chris Pages: 136 pages
Description: Includes two texts by Chris Marker.
Title: memory effect: the remediation of memory in literature and film
Author: Kilbourn, Russell J.A. Pages: vi, 355 pages
Title: Chris Marker: La Jetée
Author: HARBORD, Janet Pages: 110 pages
Title: Approche d'un film mythique: La Jetée, Chris Marker, 1963: quarante après
Author: LECONTE, Bernard Pages: 114 p.
Title: remembered film
Author: BURGIN, Victor Pages: 128 p.
Title: France / Hollywood: échanges cinématographiques et identités nationales
Author: BARNIER, Martin Pages: 230 p.
Title: The enigmatic body: essays on the arts
Author: SCHEFER, Jean-Louis Pages: vii-xxii. 186p.
Title: Marlene Dietrich: un amour par telephone
Author: BOSQUET, Alain Pages: 149p.
Title: imitation au cinéma: actes du 8e colloque de la SERCIA, à Montpellier
Author: CARCAUD-MACAIRE, Monique Pages: 500 p.
Title: Design and cinema: form follows film
Author: ULUOGLU, Belkis Pages: xiv, 361 p.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(0)