R.I.P Chris Marker

 This Sunday we sadly lost artist and filmmaker, Chris Marker. Marker was a key figure in the French New Wave film movement in the 1950s and 60s. Best know for his films La Jetée and Sans Soleil, both pf which experimental in their use of narrative and aesthetics. La Jetée is told entirely through still images and was remade by American/British filmmaker Terry Gilliam as 12 Monkeys in 1995.

 Marker is a figure of importance to students of film not only as a filmmaker but as an essayist. I have been personally influenced by Chris Marker as a filmmaker. In fact in college I made a ten minute film based on his works.

 Marker was a remarkable man, but he was also a reclusive one. He rarely did interviews and there are very few photos of him.

 He died on July 29th 2012, his 91st Birthday, in Paris. He remains one of film history's greatest arthouse filmmakers and one of it's greatest enigmas.

 R.I.P.