Chris Marker

Name: Chris Marker
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ISBN: 9780252030734

ISBN-10: 0252030737

ISBN-13: 9780252030734

Edition: 2006

Authors: Nora M. Alter

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Having spearheaded the bourgeoning Nouvelle Vague scene in the late 1950s and developed a distinctive style involving still images, Chris Marker (born Christian Franois Bouche-Villeneuve) stands among the most influential filmmakers of the postwar era, yet remains enigmatic. His notorious reclusiveness has led to surprisingly few studies, and Nora M. Alter's Chris Marker presents the first English-language study of the director. Marker's 1953 debut "filmic essay," The Statues Also Die (with Alain Resnais) exposed the European art market's complicity in the former Belgian Congo atrocities, and provided a bold model for other politically committed filmmakers. Thus began Marker's long struggle…

Book details

List price: $110.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 7/5/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English

Nora M. Alter is a professor of film and media arts at Temple University, Philadelphia; her books include Vietnam Protest Theatre: The Television War on Stage (Indiana University Press) and Chris Marker (Contemporary Film Directors) (University of Illinois Press, 2006).



Preface and Acknowledgments


"The Cat Who Walks By Himself"


Introduction: The Solitary Cat


The Elephant's Memory: The Filmed Essay


The Wolves: Political Filmmaking


The Wise Owl: Questioning/Expanding Form


Chris Marker Interviews and Writings 1962-98


Filmography


Bibliography of Chris Marker's Writings


Bibliography


Index