Sans soleil (1983) - The Criterion Collection

Synopsis

Chris Marker, filmmaker, poet, novelist, photographer, editor, and now videographer and digital multimedia artist, has been challenging moviegoers, philosophers, and himself for years with his complex queries about time, memory, and the rapid advancement of life on this planet. Sans Soleil is his mind-bending free-form travelogue that journeys from Africa to Japan.

Cast

	Florence Delay
	Arielle Dombasle

Credits

Director	Chris Marker
Conception and editing	Chris Marker
Mixers	Antoine Bonfanti and Paul Bertault
Assistant director	Pierre Camus
Assistants	Eric Dumage, Dominque Gentil and Arthur Cloquet
Still photography	Martin Boschet and Roger Grange
Special effects	Hayao Yamaneko
Sandor Krasna's letters read by (English version)	Alexandra Stewart
Sandor Krasna's letters read by (French version)	Florence Delay

Disc Features

GUILLAUME-APPROVED EDITION

New, restored high-definition digital transfers of both La Jetée and Sans Soleil, approved by director Chris Marker
New video interview with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin
Chris on Chris, a video piece on Marker by filmmaker and critic Chris Darke
Two excerpts from the French TV series Court-circuit (le magazine), directed by Luc Lagier: the first, a look at David Bowie’s music video for “Jump They Say,” inspired by La Jetée; the second, an analysis of Hitchcock’s Vertigo and its influences on Marker
Both films presented in two versions: English and French with English subtitles
New and improved English subtitle translations

From the Current

Chris Marker’s Second Life

May 13, 2009

It doesn’t really come as a surprise that Chris Marker is a devoted inhabitant of the virtual world Second Life. After all, one could . . .

Personal Effects:
The Guarded Intimacy of Sans Soleil

by Jonathan Rosenbaum Jun 25, 2007

“The Sorbonne should be razed and Chris Marker put in its place.” —Henri Michaux“Contrary to what people say, using the first person in films tends to be a sign of humility: ‘All . . .

Chris Marker: Memory’s Apostle

by Catherine Lupton Jun 25, 2007

La Jetée (1963) and Sans Soleil (1983) made a tidy twenty years apart, are the twin peaks of Chris Marker’s creative achievements and his best-loved and most widely seen films. But who is Chris Marker? Writer, photographer, editor, filmmaker, videographer, and digital multimedia . . .