Review of Sans Soleil (1983) by Al M — 04 Aug 2009
A poetic meditation upon the relation between time, identity, and culture, Chris Marker's Sans Soleil is almost impossible to describe. While documentrary is probably the best genre fit for it, the film is really more of image poem comprised of images from various cultures (Africa, Asia, the United States, etc.
) and a female narrator's voice that reads the letters of the cameraman who supposedly filmed the images. From reflections on Hitchcock's Vertigo to images of taxidermic animal porn, Marker creates a film that is haunting, beautiful, and insightful, a film that will leave you thinking for hours if not days and that is unlike anything you have ever seen before.
This review of Sans Soleil (1983) was written by Al M on 04 Aug 2009.
Sans Soleil has generally received very positive reviews.
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