{"product_id":"9781839022715","title":"Jetée","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBFI Film Classics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eJetée\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eChris Darke\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eChris Marker's \u003ci\u003eLa Jetée\u003c\/i\u003e is 28 minutes long and almost entirely made up of black-and-white still images. Since its release in 1964, the film – which Marker described as a 'photo-novel' – has haunted generations of viewers, and its spiralling narrative of post-war time travel has inspired writers, artists and filmmakers.\u003cbr\u003eBut as Marker rarely gave interviews, little is known about the origins of \u003ci\u003eLa Jetée\u003c\/i\u003e or the ideas behind it. In this groundbreaking study, Chris Darke draws on rare archival material, including previously unpublished correspondence and production documents, to shed new light on the making of the film. He explores how Marker's only fiction film grew out of his early work as a writer and his fascination with Alfred Hitchcock's \u003ci\u003eVertigo\u003c\/i\u003e (1958), and traces how \u003ci\u003eLa Jetée\u003c\/i\u003e's imagery can be seen to echo throughout Marker's extraordinarily diverse oeuvre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his afterword to this new edition, Darke considers \u003ci\u003eLa Jetée\u003c\/i\u003e's continuing impact on contemporary cinema and culture: inspiring Asif Kapadia's time-travel docudrama \u003ci\u003e2073\u003c\/i\u003e (2024) and Dominique Cabrera's documentary \u003ci\u003eLe Cinquième plan de La Jetée\u003c\/i\u003e (2025), as well as appearing in the cinema section of the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChris Darke \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer and film critic whose work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eSight and \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSound\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFilm Comment\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCahiers du cinéma\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of several books, including Light Readings: Film Criticism and Screen Arts (2000), and the co-curator of the major exhibition, \u003ci\u003eChris Marker: A Grin Without a\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCat\u003c\/i\u003e, at the Whitechapel Gallery, London, in 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 October 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBritish Film Institute\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781839022715\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e96\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51515378598028,"sku":"9781839022715","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_53311959-b451-4129-9388-400feaa3d03b.jpg?v=1784693224","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781839022715","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}