British Film Institute

La Jet e, Paperback/Na Na

Chris Darke's study places Chris Marker's 'La Jet e' (1962) in its political, cultural and cinematic context, and provides a detailed analysis of its formal and stylistic elements, particularly Marker's use of still photography, references to other films, including Hitchcock's 'Vertigo', and its influence on other time-travel narratives. About the Author: Chris Darke is a Senior Lecturer in Film at the University of Roehampton, UK, as well as a writer and film critic whose work has appeared in many magazines, including Sight & Sound , Film Comment and Cahiers du cin ma . He is also the author of several books, including Light Readings: Film Criticism and Screen Arts (2000), and the co-curator of the major exhibition, Chris Marker: A Grin Without a Cat , at the Whitechapel Gallery, London, in 2014.