“However, aside from thematic visual palindromes, what is most remarkable about La Jettée – and the reason it has retained its reputation as a work of genius – is the way in which Marker manages to relate his story of travel and movement through the use of still images. By presenting these pictures to us in a sort of photo-montage – complete with brooding voice-over and various sound effects – the director somehow manages to bring the stillness of his film miraculously to life. It is, without question, a work of pure, unadulterated imagination, and a staggering testament to Marker’s genius ability to convey a multitude of feelings, ideas and emotions, through a series of simple, static, though nonetheless, deeply evocative images.” A review of La Jetée (source)
Claudine Derksen 