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1517913195 pdf Formative writings by French avant-garde filmmaker Chris Marker It is hard to imagine French cinema without La Jete (1962), the time-travel short feature by the reclusive French filmmaker Christian Franois Bouche-Villeneuve, better known as Chris Marker. He not only influenced artists ranging from David Bowie to J. G. Ballard but also inspired the cult film 12 Monkeys. Markers influence expanded beyond his own films through his writings for the French monthly Esprit as well as anthologies and newly founded film publications. This first English translation of Markers early writings on film brings together reviews and essays, published between 1948 and 1955, that span the topics of film style, adaptation, and ideology, as well as animation and the debates surrounding 3-D and wide-screen technologies, ranging from late silent-era films to postwar Hollywoods efforts to contend with the rise of television. Readers will find commentary on Laurence Oliviers 1944 screen adaptation of Read more