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      Sans Soleil

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      88% 17 Reviews Tomatometer 86% 2,500+ Ratings Audience Score This experimental film by acclaimed French director Chris Marker collects footage recorded in various countries around the world and presents it in collage-like form. The movie features no synchronized sound, but instead ties the various segments together with music and voice-over narration, which ponders the topics such as memory, technology and society. As the scenes shift, locations range from Japan to Iceland to Africa, creating a truly international work. Read More Read Less Now in Theaters Now Playing Buy Tickets

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      Adam Kempenaar Filmspotting "Sans Soleil" is part history lesson, part home movie travelogue, and a wholly thrilling, anxiety-inducing chronicle of human disconnection. Rated: 4/5 May 19, 2023 Full Review James Berardinelli ReelViews Belongs in the love-it-or-hate-it category of pretentious twaddle. Rated: 2/4 Mar 15, 2021 Full Review Empire Magazine Rated: 4/5 Dec 30, 2006 Full Review Josh Larsen LarsenOnFilm There is a density to Sans Soleil that’s intimidating. Rated: 3/4 May 13, 2023 Full Review Henry Sheehan Los Angeles Reader Marker the intellectual, the theorist of montage, and the leftist are all evident in Sans Soleil, whose intellectual breadth seems ostentatious at first but eventually coheres. Aug 12, 2022 Full Review Mattie Lucas From the Front Row Filters its ruminations through the prism of memory, both hazily distant and fiercely modern. Rated: 3.5/4 Aug 6, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Henry W One of the greatest films ever made. Required Viewing. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/06/23 Full Review Lequisha S There's a reason this is the paragon of essay films. Interesting that Marker chose to take up an anonymous role in his own film is crucial because it allows him to highlight the content of his musings and not the man behind them. It allows his thoughts to stand on their own merit. Him visiting the Vertigo locations in San Francisco was a treat. Beyond it just being interesting to see what things did end up getting altered since that movie's filming, the way that he connected the spirals of Hitchcock's films to the theme of time in his own was a satisfying moment. Quite a thought-provoking, compelling film he's offered. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/03/22 Full Review Audience Member Etrange, parfois intéressant, parfois simple collage sans queue ni tête. Souvent l'impression de coq à l'âne, souvent l'impression d'un journal intime. Aucune direction précise. Curiosité. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review s r 1001 movies to see before you die. This was a fascinating poetic film, on the experimental side. I really enjoyed the Japanese culture takes that I had not encountered and it made me want to visit there all the more. It was on youtube. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review William L Some seem to think this is a documentary. It uses nonfiction footage, sure, but it is entirely metaphysical musings rather than a chronology of some tangible event or phenomenon beyond the general principle of memory. Yes, it draws interesting conclusions on memory and incorporates interesting examples across shockingly disparate cultures, but it is not terribly cohesive. I'm sure many critics will pat themselves on the back after viewing this film, claiming some sort of incredible divine insight, but this is largely just an arthouse narration of interesting and candid home video footage, that allows audience members to draw whatever conclusions they would like from the subject matter. (2.5/5) Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 08/12/20 Full Review Audience Member Poetic film, the most important and influential documentary essay ever. Impossibly beautiful, complex and personal. Chris Marker was a genuine thinker and artist. Must see one time in your life. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis This experimental film by acclaimed French director Chris Marker collects footage recorded in various countries around the world and presents it in collage-like form. The movie features no synchronized sound, but instead ties the various segments together with music and voice-over narration, which ponders the topics such as memory, technology and society. As the scenes shift, locations range from Japan to Iceland to Africa, creating a truly international work.
      Director
      Chris Marker
      Production Co
      Argos Films
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      French (Canada)
      Release Date (DVD)
      Feb 7, 2012
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $30.9K
      Runtime
      1h 40m