La Jetee courtesy Criterion Collection
Could La Jete -- the original Twelve Monkeys -- just be the most perfect science fiction film ever madeSend your movie questions to FlickChickSee Maitland McDonagh and Ken Fox review this weeks new flicks in Movie TalkThis is the shortest movie Ill ever feature in DVD Tuesday and its the ultimate vindication of the saying that good things come in small packages Chris Markers 28-minute 1963 science-fiction jewel La Jete which Terry Gilliam reworked into the film many fans consider his masterpiece Twelve Monkeys 1995 La Jete is also the most unconventional film Ive featured to date Its composed almost entirely of black-and-white still images and has no sync sound just a narrator Its Markers only fiction film And its mesmerizing thought-provoking and utterly haunting I like Twelve Monkeys but I love La Jete It begins in Orly airport where a boy on a family day-trip to watch planes take off instead sees a commotion on the ground Allo
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