A2 Film

La Jetée (1962) La Jetée ("The Jetty", here referring to an outdoor viewing pier at an airport), is a 1962 French Science fiction featurette by Chris marker. Constructed almost entirely from still photos, it tells the story of a post-nuclear War experiment in time travel. It is 28 minutes long and shot in black and white. It won the Prix jean Vigo for short film. The 1995 science-fiction film 12 monkeys was inspired by and borrows several concepts directly from La Jetée.   La Jetée  is constructed almost entirely from  optically printed  photographs playing out as a  photomontage  of varying rhythm. It contains only one brief shot (of the woman mentioned above sleeping and suddenly waking up) originating on a motion-picture camera, this due to the fact that Marker could only afford to hire one for an afternoon. The stills were taken with a  Pentax Spotmatic  and the motion-picture segment was shot with a  35mm   Arriflex . The film has no dialogue aside from small sections