Chris Marker
Chris Marker, l’essai filmique et le militantisme politique.
Cours Bachelor de François Bovier - UNIL automne 2019
Cours Bachelor de François Bovier - UNIL automne 2019
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- DirectorGhislain CloquetChris MarkerAlain ResnaisStarsJean NégroniFrançois MitterrandPope Pius XIIA documentary of black art.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsGilles QuéantDirector Chris Marker begins by recounting his childhood dream of visiting the city of Peking, a city he was once only able to admire in books. The viewer is taken on a journey through this city, as if experiencing it from the mind and through the eyes of Marker.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsGeorges RouquierA witty examination of life and culture in Siberia.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsNicolas YumatovÉtienne LalouIgor BarrèreThe hour long documentary by the master of the essay film examines the country of Cuba under the dictatorship of Batista and then the seizure of power in a revolution by Castro.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsÉtienne BeckerJean NégroniHélène ChatelainThe story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.
- DirectorChris MarkerPierre LhommeStarsChris MarkerYves MontandSimone SignoretChris Marker and Pierre Lhomme's LE JOLI MAI (The Lovely Month of May) is a portrait of Paris and Parisians during May 1962, the first springtime of peace after the ceasefire with Algeria and the first time in 23 years that France was not involved in any war.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsPierre VaneckNicolas YoumatoffCatherine Le CoueyComposed entirely of still photographs shot by Marker himself over the course of his restless travel through twenty-six countries
- DirectorChris MarkerFrançois ReichenbachStarsWilliam Sloane CoffinN. Paul StookeyMary Allin TraversOn October 21, 1967, over 100,000 protestors gathered in Washington, D.C., for the Mobilization to End the War in Vietnam. It was the largest protest gathering yet, and it brought together a wide cross-section of liberals, radicals, hippies, and Yippies. Che Guevara had been killed in Bolivia only two weeks previously, and, for many, it was the transition from simply marching against the war, to taking direct action to try to stop the 'American war machine.' Norman Mailer wrote about the events in Armies of the Night. French filmmaker Chris Marker, leading a team of filmmakers, was also there, and made THE SIXTH SIDE OF THE PENTAGON.
- DirectorChris MarkerMario Marret1967, one year before may '68. The strike at the Rhodiaceta textile plant in Besançon sounds like the rehearsal of the rising to come. Indeed for the first time ever, the workers' claims are not only higher wages or better working conditions but also BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS. They first and foremost say no to the lifestyle capitalism wants to impose on them. One more year to go and the whole country of France will imitate the strikers of Besançon.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsFlorence DelayRoberto MattaCarole RoussopoulosAn unexpected response to Pinochet's 1973 coup d'etat in Chile. A Super-8 film apparently found in an embassy -as it's written in the original title-, where political activists had taken refuge after a military coup d'état. But the events -and their setting- are not what they first appear to be.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsChris MarkerA collectively made documentary on events at the LIP clock and watch factory in Besancon, where management had tried to shut down production after financial trouble, so workers occupied the facility with the aim of running it themselves.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsSimone SignoretJorge SemprúnDavos HanichFrench essay film focusing on global political turmoil in the 1960s and '70s, particularly the rise of the New Left in France and the development of socialist movements in Latin America.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsAmilcar CabralFlorence DelayArielle DombasleA woman narrates the contemplative writings of a seasoned world traveler, focusing on contemporary Japan.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsFrançois PérierSophie GarnierBibiane KirbyA computer generates conflicting hypotheses about the future of trade unions.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsShigehiko HasumiChris MarkerAkira KurosawaA documentary that shows the production of Ran and discusses the film techniques of Kurosawa himself.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsYves MontandBob CastellaChris MarkerYves Montand's rehearsals for a special show at Olympia to support Chile's political refugees. Interviews of this singer and actor, fragments of his films and footage from his concerts created a multifaceted portrait of an artist.
- StarsAndré DussollierAngélique IonatosVassilis VassilikosA 13-part documentary mini-series (directed by Chris Marker) on the significance of ancient Greek culture in the creation of the modern Western Civilization.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsLéonor GraserNikolai IzvolovKira ParamonovaThis documentary tells the story of film director Aleksandr Medvedkin, throughout his life a sincere believer in communism, whose films were repeatedly banned in the Soviet Union. Modern Russian film students express their excitement at seeing his film HAPPINESS for the first time, and his contemporaries shed light on his life and work.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsCatherine BelkhodjaKenji TokitsuNagisa ÔshimaThe French computer programmer Laura inherits the task of making a computer game of the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. She searches the internet for information on the battle, and interviews Japanese experts and witnesses. The extraordinary circumstances of the Battle of Okinawa lead Laura to reflect deeply on her own life and humanity in general, particularly the influence of history and memories.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsChris MarkerKumiko MuraokaWhile filming the Olympics, a filmmaker encounters a Japanese girl. Manchurian born and French educated, she's an intriguing anomaly. He films her around Tokyo, as she speaks of Japan, being Japanese and her unique perspective on life.
- DirectorJohn ChapmanChris MarkerFrank SimeoneStarsArielle DombasleA short film that shows Boundless, Surreal objects that are juxtaposed with our present World. Cars, Motorways, noise of our modern society; A giant city in the distance - all that shrouds this lonely and forgotten island of Dreams. Filmed at the Emeryville Mudflats near San Francisco.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsAleksandr MedvedkinFrançois Périer
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardJoris IvensWilliam KleinStarsAnne BellecKaren BlanguernonFidel CastroIn seven different segments, Godard, Klein, Lelouch, Marker, Resnais, and Varda show their sympathy and support for the North Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War.
- DirectorJean-Denis BonanGérard FromangerPhilippe GarrelA series of 41 documentary shorts, directed (without credit) by several famous French filmmakers and each running between two and four minutes. Each "tract" espouses a leftist political viewpoint through the filmed depiction of real-life events, including workers' strikes and the events of Paris in May '68.