Chris Marker Movies

  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1974
    Les Deux mémoires

    Les Deux mémoires

    Les Deux mémoires

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    The Two Memories, “an investigation into Republican and Francoist memories”, in the words of Jorge Semprún, is based on interviews...

    Les Deux mémoires
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1997
    Level Five

    Level Five

    Level Five

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    Laura, a French programmer, inherits the task of creating a game about the World War II Battle of Okinawa. Her research and interviews with Japanese...

    Level Five
  • 1988
    Cat Listening to Music

    Cat Listening to Music

    Cat Listening to Music

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    Part of Chris Marker’s Bestiaire (Petit Bestiaire) collection, Cat Listening to Music simply observes a cat responding to the sound of a piano.

    Cat Listening to Music
  • 1990
    Berlin 1990

    Berlin 1990

    Berlin 1990

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    Berlin 1990 travels the streets and the political landscape of the recently re-unified Berlin. In the tumultuous atmosphere of 1990, we watch...

    Berlin 1990
  • 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
  • 1985
    From Chris to Christo

    From Chris to Christo

    From Chris to Christo

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    In the fall of 1985, Christo "packed" the Pont Neuf. In the space of a week, enthusiasts, critics and curious people drastically change the...

    From Chris to Christo
  • 2017
    The Zone

    The Zone

    The Zone

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    Looking for a long lost friend, Madeleine talks to a Stalker so that he can take her to «the zone» and help her look into her memories to...

    The Zone
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1971
    You Speak of Paris: Maspero. Words Have Meaning

    You Speak of Paris: Maspero. Words Have Meaning

    You Speak of Paris: Maspero. Words Have Meaning

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    An affectionate portrait of the left-wing publisher and bookshop owner François Maspero, who was a contributor to Far From Vietnam and would...

    You Speak of Paris: Maspero. Words Have Meaning
  • 2013
    La Jétee

    La Jétee

    La Jétee

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    A radical re-imagining of French auteur Chris Marker's masterpiece.

    La Jétee
  • 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
  • 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