BSA 206 French New Wave

French New Wave

La Jetee (1962)

Director:
Chris Marker

Films influenced by La Jetee:
Twelve Monkeys (1995)

Review
Chris Marker's La Jetee is a french New Wave time travel film which follows a prisoner in a post apocalyptic setting, who grips on to the experience of seeing a man die when he was a boy. He then gets sent back in time to that moment as an adult, only to realize that he was the man who was killed, therefor experiencing his own death in an infinite loop. Intriguing visual experience, cool soundtrack. Simple story which would go on to influence many films.