Chris Marker's LA JETEE (THE PIER), which was the inspiration for Terry Gilliam's TWELVE MONKEYS (1995), is a remarkable and unique experimental short that consists solely of still frames, narration, music and sound effects as it relates an apocalyptic tale of memory and time-travel.
A few years before WWIII, a young boy sees a woman standing at the end of the pier at France's Orly airport and becomes obsessed with the image of her face. After Paris is demolished in the war, the survivors go underground and prisoners are subjected to experiments which involve getting
injections that enable them to travel back and forth in time. The plan is to have the time-trave...
Released:
1963
Rated:
NR
Length:
28 mins