Sunday, February 21, 2010
At first I was very confused. I had no clue as to what was going on until we got deeper into the movie. The movie was kind of like a slideshow with narration and I had never seen a movie like that before watching La Jetee. The way that emotions were so effortlessly expressed in the photo's said a thousand words. Just as when you look at a picture of a group of people, you can see the varied emotions. Some of the differences I noticed compared to other movies was that the main character had no name, and that the film was made entirely of photos and no movement at all. One thing that was a little irritating was the monotone voice of the narrator. The one thing I really did enjoy was the idea of time travel. It was very science fiction. The theory in La Jetee was that the only way a peron could travel back in time to get away from their present disaster, was to think of a strong memory they had. I thought that this was a brilliant scheme that I had never seen portrayed in any other movie. Over all, I enjoyed watching this movie. It was very creative and unique.
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I like that you are trying to describe things that you felt broke familiar conventions, the things yo have come to expect from narrative (both film and written). You could probably even go further...and also find things that conform to convention, as well.
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