La Jetee / Sans Soleil

Two films by Chris Marker. "La Jetee" (1962, 27 mins.) - This unique film was the inspiration for Terry Gilliam's futuristic adventure "Twelve Monkeys". The story is almost entirely narrated using black and white stills. After Paris is destroyed by a third world war, the survivors are forced to retreat underground where scientists conduct strange time travel experiments in an effort to escape from a terrible present to a better past or future. "Sans Soleil" (1983, 100 mins.) - In this documentary feature, as with "La Jetee", director Chris Marker transports the viewer to a different cinematic dimension. An unknown woman reads the writings of a cameraman who travels the world to produce a study of "the dreams of the human race". He is particularly attracted to the two extremes of Japan and Africa, and discusses the images that he creates with the woman, ever mindful of the astonishing store of memory he has created.