Review of Sans Soleil (1983) by Monica N — 12 Sep 2007
Chris Marker's detritus of the mind, the leftovers from what are both playful ruminations and intensely psychological human considerations. Sunless, or Sans Soleil, is a deep, if heavy, example of the essay-film hybrid genre of documentation.
It deals almost exclusively with the process of human memory and culture throughout history, and can be easily described as a natural fascination with the world as it is often forgotten to be. Filmmaker Marker begs questions on his own behalf, about how his own memory is skewed to recall only what he has now committed to film, how through a process of vivid adaptation, of recorded experience, human beings have yet to evolve to the next level of total recall.
It's heavy, but not necessarily dense, due to the intense interest that each and every moment of it inspires. Along with his La Jetee, I have discovered a new filmmaker whose work has already had a tremendous effect on me and who I will continue to explore as the years go by.
This review of Sans Soleil (1983) was written by Monica N on 12 Sep 2007.
Sans Soleil has generally received very positive reviews.
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