The inspiration behind Terry Gilliam‘s “12 Monkeys,” Chris Marker‘s 1962, 28-minute experimental science-fiction film, “La Jetée” is finally coming to DVD (and by that we mean regular, not hard to find dvd). There is no dialogue and the film is just presented as a collection of still photographs while a narrator tells the post-apocalyptic tale.
Criterion is releasing it alongside, “Sans soleil” in June.
The film was also the inspiration behind Elliott Smith‘s last video, “Son of Sam,” that was directed by (full-disclosure: a friend of mine) Autumn De Wilde who has become the go-to indie-rock photographer in recent years shooting Beck, the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, the Strokes, Jenny Lewis, etc. etc. Subsequently, we haven’t really been in touch in years, but I’m still a big champion of her amazing work.
Seven whole minutes of La “Jetée”
Elliott Smith’s “Son of Sam”
The artwork for Elliott’s forthcoming (May 8) posthumous double-disc, New Moon, comprised of music made during his Kill Rock Stars era.
