Chris Marker Movies

  • 1978
    When the Century Took Shape (War and Revolution)

    When the Century Took Shape (War and Revolution)

    When the Century Took Shape (War and Revolution)

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    In 1978, just after Le fond de l'Air Est Rouge, which mercilessly analyzed the previous ten years of the revolutionary left's momentum until its...

    When the Century Took Shape (War and Revolution)
  • 2007
    A Year of TV Seen by Guillaume

    A Year of TV Seen by Guillaume

    A Year of TV Seen by Guillaume

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    Like more and more internet users, if you didn't watch TV in 2007, you'll think twice about it in 2008. Because Guillaume-en-Egypte, Chris Marker's...

    A Year of TV Seen by Guillaume
  • 1968
    The Sixth Side of the Pentagon

    The Sixth Side of the Pentagon

    The Sixth Side of the Pentagon

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    Chris Marker and François Reichenbach document the massive anti–Vietnam War protest held in Washington, D.C., on October 21, 1967, where...

    The Sixth Side of the Pentagon
  • 1972
    Three Cheers for the Whale

    Three Cheers for the Whale

    Three Cheers for the Whale

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    Co-directed by Chris Marker and Mario Ruspoli, Three Cheers for the Whale traces humanity’s complex relationship with whales—from...

    Three Cheers for the Whale
  • 2012
    Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke

    Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke

    Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke

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    A modern Miami adaptation of the 1962 French short film "La Jetee", the film recounts Luke's (Uncle Luke, legendary rapper from the hip-hop group 2...

    Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke
  • 1958
    Broadway by Light

    Broadway by Light

    Broadway by Light

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    An experimental meditation on Times Square's marquees and iconic advertising that captures the concurrently seedy and dazzling aspects of New York's...

    Broadway by Light
  • 1986
    Mémoires pour Simone

    Mémoires pour Simone

    Mémoires pour Simone

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    A wonderful tribute to the great Simone Signoret by Chris Marker. Rare documentary, made by movie clips and narration, with many lines Simone...

    Mémoires pour Simone
  • 1981
    Junkopia

    Junkopia

    Junkopia

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    Filmed along the Emeryville Mudflats near San Francisco, Junkopia captures a landscape of sculptural installations made from driftwood and discarded...

    Junkopia
  • 1971
    Congo Oyé (We Have Come Back)

    Congo Oyé (We Have Come Back)

    Congo Oyé (We Have Come Back)

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    An absolute unknown work among Marker’s collaborations, made by filmmakers Bill Stephens, Paul and Carole Roussopoulas with Eldridge and...

    Congo Oyé (We Have Come Back)
  • 1968
    Cinétracts

    Cinétracts

    Cinétracts

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    A series of 43 documentary shorts, directed (without credit) by several famous French filmmakers and each running between two and four minutes. Each...

    Cinétracts
  • 1973
    You Speak of Chile: What Allende Said

    You Speak of Chile: What Allende Said

    You Speak of Chile: What Allende Said

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    Salvador Allende interviewed by Régis Debray in 1971.

    You Speak of Chile: What Allende Said
  • 1991
    Theory of Sets

    Theory of Sets

    Theory of Sets

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    Made entirely on Roger Wagner's HyperStudio software, Chris Marker explores set theory, using Noah's Ark as an example.

    Theory of Sets
  • 1993
    Slon Tango

    Slon Tango

    Slon Tango

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    An oddly rhythmic and balletic tape emerges from the juxtaposition of an elephant lumbering around his enclosure at the zoo and elegant music by...

    Slon Tango
  • 1947
    The End of the World Seen by the Angel Gabriel

    The End of the World Seen by the Angel Gabriel

    The End of the World Seen by the Angel Gabriel

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    This film is considered lost. Chris Marker described it as his first film, shot in Berlin on an 8mm movie camera purportedly borrowed from...

    The End of the World Seen by the Angel Gabriel
  • 1990
    An Owl Is an Owl Is an Owl

    An Owl Is an Owl Is an Owl

    An Owl Is an Owl Is an Owl

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    Part of Chris Marker’s Bestiaire (Petit Bestiaire) collection, An Owl Is an Owl Is an Owl is a short video meditation on the gaze and movement...

    An Owl Is an Owl Is an Owl
  • 1990
    Zapping Zone

    Zapping Zone

    Zapping Zone

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    Chris Marker’s work, "Zapping Zone (Proposals for an imaginary television)" was produced by the Mnam-Centre Pompidou in the...

    Zapping Zone
  • 1994
    Petite Ceinture

    Petite Ceinture

    Petite Ceinture

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    Part of Chris Marker’s Three Video Haikus series, Petite Ceinture is a brief visual meditation on Paris’s abandoned circular railway,...

    Petite Ceinture
  • 1962
    Lumière Award to Chris Marker

    Lumière Award to Chris Marker

    Lumière Award to Chris Marker

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    This silent film shows the jury voting for Chris Marker, who receives the Louis Lumière award for his film ¡Cuba sí!

    Lumière Award to Chris Marker
  • 1973
    We Maintain It Is Possible

    We Maintain It Is Possible

    We Maintain It Is Possible

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    In 1973, after the failure of wage negotiations with the management of the Lip watch factories, the workers went on strike. Marker was responsible...

    We Maintain It Is Possible
  • 1994
    Owl Gets in Your Eyes

    Owl Gets in Your Eyes

    Owl Gets in Your Eyes

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    Part of Chris Marker’s Three Video Haikus series, Owl Gets in Your Eyes observes owls and their young in quiet close-up, capturing their...

    Owl Gets in Your Eyes