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Chris Marker

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Nascita
29 luglio 1921 · Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
Morte
29 luglio 2012

Biografia

Christian François Bouche-Villeneuve, better known as Chris Marker (France, 29 July 1921 – 29 July 2012), was a French writer, poet, activist, critic, photographer, traveler, journalist, film essayist, multimedia artist, and documentary filmmaker. He began his career as part of the French Rive Gauche group—parallel to but distinct from the Nouvelle Vague—with which he would later share certain themes and collaborators. Marker is credited with developing the subjective documentary and is considered a pioneer of collective cinema in France. His films are known for their poetic, essayistic, and often experimental qualities, blending a reflective voice with a fascination for memory, art, war, politics, culture, and nature. Over six decades of work, he observed the world with meticulous curiosity, irony, and compassion, continually experimenting with new forms of image manipulation and montage. He was also famously elusive. For many years, few people knew what Chris Marker looked like—he disliked being photographed, and no confirmed portraits were publicly available. He often amused himself by giving contradictory accounts of his life in the rare interviews he granted. As Philippe Dubois observed, “Chris Marker is, in a way, the most celebrated of the unknown filmmakers.” His official website adds: “Rather than a man without qualities, he is a man without biography.” Marker also worked under numerous pseudonyms, including Hayao Yamaneko, Jacopo Berenzini, Kosinki, Michel Krasna, Sandor Krasna, and Guillaume-en-Égypte (his feline avatar), though his best-known identity remains Chris Marker. Among his most significant works are La Jetée (1962), Sans Soleil (1983), Far from Vietnam (1967), A Grin Without a Cat (1977), A.K. (1985), Level Five (1997), and One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich (1999). He also explored interactive and digital media with the CD-ROM Immemory (1997), maintained a website titled Gorgomancy, a YouTube channel called Kosinki, and created a virtual gallery, Ouvroir, within the online world Second Life.

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Locandina di L'esercito delle 12 scimmie
L'esercito delle 12 scimmie
Film · 1995 · ★ 7,6
Locandina di La jetée
La jetée
Film · 1962 · ★ 7,9
Locandina di Notte e nebbia
Notte e nebbia
Film · 1956 · ★ 8,3
Locandina di Sans soleil
Sans soleil
Film · 1983 · ★ 7,5
Locandina di La confessione
La confessione
Film · 1970 · ★ 7,3
Locandina di Les Plages d'Agnès
Les Plages d'Agnès
Film · 2008 · ★ 7,7
Locandina di Tokyo-Ga
Tokyo-Ga
Film · 1985 · ★ 7,1
Locandina di …A Valparaíso
…A Valparaíso
Film · 1964 · ★ 7,0
Locandina di Les statues meurent aussi
Les statues meurent aussi
Film · 1953 · ★ 6,9
Locandina di Junkopia
Junkopia
Film · 1981 · ★ 6,0
Locandina di Gli astronauti
Gli astronauti
Film · 1959 · ★ 6,3
Locandina di Le Joli Mai
Le Joli Mai
Film · 1963 · ★ 8,0

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