Re: Letter From Siberia

From: Patrick Friel (email suppressed)
Date: Fri Jan 15 2010 - 15:21:02 PST


Hi Peter,

No, LA JETEE and LE JOLI MAI are concurrent - Marker shot JETEE during
off-days from working on MAI.

Patrick Friel
Chicago

On 1/15/10 3:34 AM, "Peter Snowdon" <email suppressed> wrote:

> Good Lord!
> I saw this film at the Cinematheque in Brussels 7 or 8 years ago, and I
> still smile everytime I remember it. Definitely one of the documentaries
> that 'changed my life'.
>
> Isn't /La Jetée/ a pre-JOLI MAI film too?
>
> Peter Snowdon
>
>
> Patrick Friel wrote:
>> I believe that New Yorker used to distribute this, but ³retired² their
>> print due to poor condition long before they went under.
>>
>> There may be prints in archives or university collections, but no
>> rentable ones. As Argos stated, Marker does not want this, or any of
>> his earlier films (pre-LE JOLI MAI), publicly shown anymore.
>>
>> If it¹s just for personal viewing you might be able to find a crummy
>> bootleg VHS or DVD or a torrent of it.
>>
>> Patrick Friel
>> Chicago
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1/15/10 12:53 AM, "Gene Youngblood" <email suppressed> wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone know if there's a 16mm print in the U.S.? Argos
>> responded to a query by saying "it cannot be shown or exploited,
>> in accordance with Marker's wish."
>> Gene Youngblood
>> 28 Sunrise Road
>> Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507 USA
>> vox/fax: +1.505.424.8708
>> email suppressed
>>
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