William Drenttel has an article on Design Observer about Chris Marker’s seminal film La Jetée. Mr. Drenttel is lucky enough to own the book version, which apparently was designed by Bruce Mau, unbeknownst to me. I am kicking myself for not snagging the copy I first read in the library at Emerson… thus depriving the next generation of film students the same enjoyment I experience…. so I guess it all worked out for the best.

It remains one of the best cinematic experience to be had. I first saw it at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge, I think, and remember sitting in stunned silence the entire T-ride back to the North End. I picked up a DVD version of La Jetee on Short 2 Dreams. Even several years after seeing it for the first time it still retains its tremendous emotional resonance. Oh yeah, and 12 Monkeys was based on it, but if you want the real thing, get the real thing.