Computer Animation Arts

Summary: Simple but stunning - Chris Marker’s seminal  La Jetée  is a short, experimental Science-fiction film. World War III has left Paris in ruins. Deep underground, scientists search for a way to secure mankind’s future by utilising time-travel. The film employs numerous innovative techniques which help to drive the bold narrative – most notably, the film is made up entirely of atmospheric still images. Influencing countless circles of science-fiction culture,  La Jetée  remains as fresh, thought-provoking and beautiful now, as it did in 1962. Analysis: “La Jetée‘s virtue is its immediate, haunting ability to evoke the emotions of love and desire; its use of photomontage poignantly conjures up the frozen moments that constitute memory. As the man remembers his past, and the woman, he relives it – never really sure if he is sent or if he is dreaming – one snapshot literally coming alive with his subjective colouring. The familiar SF framework is merely a narr...