Dans son texte du catalogue pour la Cinémathèque française : « L’invention de Marker », Florence Delay écrit de l’auteur de Sans soleil (1983) : « Dans quel ordre énumérer ses métiers ? […] Sans l’ombre d’une hésitation je place écrivain en premier. » En effet, « écrivain multimédia » selon l’expression de Guy Gauthier...
Some Chris Marker news, video and views that have come to light of late... These include the republication of Marker's masterful 1959 book Coréennes; a trailer from the Centre Pompidou's 2013 retrospective, featuring a parade of elephants; and finally, a stunning collection of photographs of the Cinémathèque française 2018 Chris Marker Exhibition design — giving a sense of the visitor experience via photos of the spatial design, signage and viewing spaces.
À la suite de la projection des films On vous parle de Prague : Le Deuxième procès d'Artur London et Mémoires pour Simone, Costa-Gavras évoque ses souvenirs de Chris Marker, dont il était très proche.
During the multi-faceted exhibition and retrospective of the work of Chris Marker presented by the Cinémathèque française, conversational events such as the one presented here were scheduled as well. In this round table with a square table, and maybe more appropriately directors’ chairs, Christine van Assche, Raymond Bellour, and Jean-Michel Frodon sit with Bernard Benoliel and Florence Tissot to discuss the seven lives of a filmmaker, Chris Marker’s...
Exciting news from the Cinémathèque française announcing dates for the much-anticipated Chris Marker exhibition has been posted on www.cinematheque.fr. Here’s the intro and several citations for now. English translations have been added at the end of the post. For background on the acquisition of Marker’s estate, see State of the Estate and State of the Estate II: The Glorious Shambles, as well as Fonds Chris Marker – 550 Grands Cartons chez...
There is a new film out entitled Chris Marker, Never Explain, Never Complain, by Jean-Marie Barbe & Arnaud Lambert. The film is to be shown as part of the 2017 DOXA Festival called “French, French” taking place 4-14 Mai 2017 at the Cinémathèque in Vancouver, BC, and will move to theh Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley after that (not sure of dates yet). For the news and the PDF of the DOXA press booklet I am grateful to Christine van Assche. The...
Letter from Chris Marker to Paul Chan Direct link to YouTube video: www.youtube.com In October of 2010, I emailed Chris to ask him if he was interested in taking part in a special issue of eflux journal that the art critic Sven Lütticken and I were editing. The issue focused on whether contemporary art had or had not addressed the rise of right-wing populism in Europe, the US and elsewhere, and how these largely nationalistic, homophobic and xenophobic movements...
What: Journée d’étude | Day of Study Title: Chris Marker et la photographie | Chris Marker and Photography Who: Vincent Jacques, avec la participation de | with the participation of: Philippe Bazin Christa Blümlinger Pierre Gaudin Vincent Jacques François Niney Bamchade Pourvali When: samedi 28 mai 2016 | Saturday May 28th, 2016 – Institut national d’histoire de l’art (INHA), Salle Vasari | 2, rue Vivienne – 75002 Paris Additional...
