The Pier (La Jetee)

Name: The Pier (La Jetee)
Duration: 28 min

The story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images. More Details »

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Director:

Chris Marker

Release Date:

Jan 1, 1962

Runtime:

28m

Synopsis

The story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.

Cast

Jean Négroni
Hélène Chatelain
Davos Hanich
Jacques Ledoux
André Heinrich
Jacques Branchu
Pierre Joffroy
Étienne Becker
Philbert von Lifchitz
Ligia Branice

Letterboxd User Reviews

4.3

RATINGS 3.6K FANS

4.3

Nov 19, 2018

the best powerpoint in the world

9.3K Likes

amaya

Jul 23, 2015

90/100 La Jetée is 28 minutes long and it says more about love, existence, time, and memories than any film that I've seen in awhile. Never has a film so calmly devastated the viewer with such intimate portrayals of human emotion and its influence on survival and…

2.5K Likes

SilentDawn

Feb 12, 2013

Stunning. Beautiful. Mesmerizing. Important. A slide show with an I.Q. of 180 and the heart of a blue whale. Required viewing for anyone interested in film and storytelling.

2.1K Likes

DirkH
Feb 18, 2013

Two things stuck when I finally sat down to the exceptional La jetée: First, the method of telling this story is ingenious (besides being admirably efficient). The use of still frames juxtaposed with fluid audio accentuates the jerkiness of the visuals. I found it…

1.8K Likes

PTAbro

Apr 30, 2016

Images as a means of storing memory, cheating time, and rewriting history; bafflingly simple & poignant.

1.6K Likes

Josh Lewis

Nov 9, 2016

your mind is a fossil record; your memories are reconstructions, not recollections. sometimes you’ll forget your dinosaurs were feathered; sadly, more often, you’ll forget their teeth.

1.1K Likes

aleph beth null
Jun 19, 2018

Still photographs for a man stuck in the past. No motion, no momentum. Still, stuck, stalled.

997 Likes

Brian Formo

Jan 26, 2014

One of the best short films I've ever had the pleasure of seeing.

897 Likes

Eli Hayes

Jul 11, 2020

i am reminded of the faint remembrances of my childhood: the dog i swear we almost adopted (my mother gave me a confused look), the rug i laid down on that we stripped bare soon after, the step to the kitchen and the wide yard outside. they're too hazy to be memories and…

759 Likes

kailey

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nate disliked

La Jetée

slow pacing and uninteresting visuals

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Luca Tosti loved

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10/10

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MovieDaddy loved

La Jetée

LA Jetée is one of the most unique short films of all time. Told almost entirely with still frames, this is the story that inspired 12 Monkeys. It is hauntingly beautiful and incredibly inspiring for limited storytellers. I love this movie!

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Ranon Travers disliked

La Jetée

Interesting for it’s time, but it’s a movie of pictures with one scene being motion. Just wasn’t my taste of movies. It was short and good representation of nostalgia, but those r only qualities I like. Just not my cup of tea.

2Y

Ashton liked

La Jetée

Damn I didn’t think something so short & with still images could be so good. Especially with all the time movies I’ve watched lately

2Y

Nothuman liked

La Jetée

Very cool and clearly influential sci-fi, and a good reminder of the power of still frames, editing, and sound design

5M
Maya is "meh" on

La Jetée

Pretty boring. Interesting-ish story but the way it’s told is just so boring.

7M

K is "meh" on

La Jetée

I came away really confused but the concept was very interesting

1Y

Morgan Rice is "meh" on

La Jetée

honestly don’t know what i just watched. cinematic tho

7M