Having spearheaded the bourgeoning Nouvelle Vague scene in the late 1950s anddeveloped a distinctive style involving still images <strong>Chris Marker</strong> ... » 

Having spearheaded the bourgeoning Nouvelle Vague scene in the late 1950s anddeveloped a distinctive style involving still images Chris Marker bornChristian Franois BoucheVilleneuve stands among the most influentialfilmmakers of the postwar era yet remains enigmatic. His notoriousreclusiveness has led to surprisingly few studies and Nora M. Alters ChrisMarker presents the first Englishlanguage study of the director. Markers 1953debut filmic essay The Statues Also Die with Alain Resnais exposed theEuropean art markets complicity in the former Belgian Congo atrocities andprovided a bold model for other politically committed filmmakers. Thus beganMarkers long struggle against global injustice a trajectory that included hisinvolvement with Night and Fog La Jetee Le Joli Mai Far from Vietnam Lefond du lair est Rouge and Prime Time in the Camps. Alters careful studyincludes interviews with the director and investigates the core themes andmotivations behind an often unpredictable and transnational career that defieseasy classification. «