Sublime. Marker's musings on impermanence of human existence & memories narrated by a female narrator are both poetic and thoughtful. 80's Japan takes the center stage as an alien world where a thousand years of time criss-crossing in every street corner, Kilgore Trout style. Beautiful and wise beyond anything I've seen or read. #sanssoleil #ChrisMarker #Japan #essayfilm

I finished the film SANS SOLEIL (1983, d. Chris Marker). I've seen it before and it's one of my favorites. Amazing film that often gets called a documentary but is really a film essay of sorts; a kind of meditation on society, time, memory, culture, and the nature of being. Marker was one of the greatest and most enigmatic filmmakers.
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