In this riveting 28-minute long sci-fi film – composed entirely of black and white photographs linked together by quick dissolves and direct cuts and narrated by an Orson Welles soundalike – a nameless man witnesses the past, present and future of his own life. Be prepared: several viewings may be necessary to take in all that LA JETÉE offers.
LA JETÉE (1962)
Past, present and future collide
In this riveting 28-minute long sci-fi film – composed entirely of black and white photographs linked together by quick dissolves and direct cuts and narrated by an Orson Welles soundalike – a nameless man witnesses the past, present and future of his own life. Be prepared: several viewings may be necessary to take in all that LA JETÉE offers.
