Chris Marker Collection, The

Synopsis: Eleven films directed by Chris Marker. Includes; SUNDAY IN PEKING (DIMANCHE A PEKN, 1956); LETTER TO SIBERIA (LETTRE DE SIBERIE, 1958); DESCRIPTION OF A STRUGGLE (DESCRIPTION D’UN COMBAT, 1960); THE SIXTH SIDE OF THE PENTAGON (LA SIXIEME FACE DU PENTAGONE, 1968); THE EMBASSY (L’AMBASSADE, 1973); THEORY OF SETS (THEORIE DES ENSEMBLES, 1991); THREE VIDEO HAIKUS (TROIS VIDEOS HAIKUS, 1994); BLUE HELMET (CASQUE BLEU, 1996); E-CLIP-SE (1999) and THE CASE OF THE GRINNING CAT (CHATS PERCHES, 2004).

The set was released in conjunction with a major exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery, London, and features a 32-page booklet with a new piece by writer and curator Chris Darke ('Rediscovering Chris Marker’), alongside a seminal early piece by Roger Tailleur ('Markeriana: A Scarcely Critical Description of the Work of Chris Marker’).
Language: French (Standard)
Country: France
Year of release: 2014
Subjects: Film studies
Keywords: avant-garde film & video; cinema - France; documentary films

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