La jetée: While at the Orly Airport observation deck, a boy sees a man shot. Shortly afterwards World War III breaks out and Paris is destroyed by nuclear weapons. As one of the survivors, the now grown man is chosen as part of an experiment in time travel because he has a strong grasp on a moment in the past-- the image of the man being shot at the airport. He is successfully sent back in time. But once in the past, he falls in love with a girl, and defies orders to return and be with her
Sans soleil: This film addresses the themes of time, space, and geography. It is "a collage of images gathered from Japan, Africa, Iceland, San Francisco, and France -- all presented without direct sound. The soundtrack consists of occasional spells of electronic music while an unseen woman's voice ... narrates letters written by a possibly fictional traveler in poetic verse. Beginning with the phrase "He wrote me," each segment explores some philosophical inquiry of matters as broad as modern culture, technology, consciousness, Japanese television, and even the act of filming itself"--Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

Credits note

La jetée: editor, Jean Ravel ; music, Trevor Ducan
Sans soleil: electronic sounds, Michel Krasna ; song, Arielle Dombasle ; still photography, Martin Boschet, Roger Grange ; special effects, Hayao Yamaneko

Language note: French and English soundtracks; optional English subtitles; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

PerformerNote

La jetée: narrator, Jean Negroni ; cast: Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich, Jacques Ledoux, André Heinrich, Jacques Branchu, Pierre Joffroy, Etienne Becker, Philbert von Lifchitz, Ligia Borowcyk, Janine Klein, Bill Klein, Germano Faccetti
Sans soleil: Sandor Krasna's letters were read by Alexandra Stewart (English version) and Florence Delay (French version)

Context

Context of La jetée ; : Sans soleil

La jetée ; : Sans soleil Resource Information The work La jetée ; : Sans soleil represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.