Personal Effects: The Guarded Intimacy of Sans Soleil
By June 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 Read more »
- France
- 1983
- 103 minutes
- Color
- 1.66:1
- French
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 & CreditsOpen
Cast
Credits
| Director | Chris Marker |
| Conception and editing | Chris Marker |
| Mixers | Antoine Bonfanti and Paul Bertault |
| Assistants | Eric Dumage, Dominque Gentil and Arthur Cloquet |
| Assistant director | Pierre Camus |
| 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 SPECIAL EDITION:
- Restored high-definition digital transfers, approved by director Chris Marker, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks
- Two interviews with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin
- Chris on Chris, a video piece on Marker by filmmaker and critic Chris Darke
- Two excerpts from the French television series Court-circuit (le magazine): a look at David Bowie’s music video for the song “Jump They Say,” inspired by La Jetée, and an analysis of Hitchcock’s Vertigo and its influence on Marker
- Junkopia, a six-minute film by Marker, Frank Simone, and John Chapman about the Emeryville Mudflats
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by Marker scholar Catherine Lupton, an interview with Marker, notes on the films and filmmaking by Marker, and more
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Film Essays
Chris Marker: Memory’s Apostle
By June 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 Read more »
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News
Marker in Transit
April 06, 2011
New Yorkers have a special opportunity to see new work from the great French filmmaker and pioneering multimedia artist Chris Marker (La Jetée, Sans Soleil). Passengers, an exhibition composed of more Read more »
American Cinematheque to Honor Tom Luddy
March 22, 2010
Los Angeles’s American Cinematheque announced today that it will honor programmer, producer, and indispensable all-around friend to film Tom Luddy with its prestigious Sydney Pollack Read more »
