From: db (email suppressed)
Date: Sat Mar 20 2004 - 23:50:44 PST
>>> On Mar 20, 2004, at 9:10 PM, Gene Youngblood wrote:
>>>
>>> Recently there have been posts about two different DVDs of Chris
>>> Marker's "La Jetee." One is on the Short Cinema Journal 1:2 "Dreams,"
>>> the other is a zone 2 disc from Laserzone in Europe. Can anyone
>>> comment on the quality of either or both of these discs? The only
>>> video versions of this film that I'm aware of are so bad they are
>>> unwatchable.
I think the transfer is very well done on the Short Cinema Journal
version, the only video version I've seen. Quite beautiful, actually.
I did have a strange feeling there was a slight difference in the
editorial structure of this version from the film print I saw at
Anthology or Film Forum a number of years back. At that screening--the
only time I've ever seen the film projected--I remember being
completely startled by the one non-still scene in the film. It was,
perhaps, the most tangible moment of voyeurism I've ever felt watching
a film. That scene literally took my breath away as I felt completely
like I was "caught looking."
> On Mar 20, 2004, at 10:27 PM, Keith Sanborn wrote:
>
> The short cinema journal was fine, except the track was the English
> version. I prefer the French but I don't know that it's readily
> available.
> Also, for those who don't understand French and do understand English,
> it
> gives something of the experience that a subtitled version cannot.
>
> Keith
Do you know if the English and French versions are edited differently,
Keith? That would explain why the DVD version seemed different than
the film version I saw.
>> On Sun, 21 Mar 2004, Sam Wells wrote:
>>
>> The one I saw is the one included on the "Twelve Monkeys" DVD. Not
>> bad.
>>
>> -Sam
>>
I guess that makes three versions...
As an aside, much time has passed since I looked at the Short Cinema
disc, but if I remember correctly there is a pretty wonderful Guy
Maddin piece included.
db
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