{"product_id":"chris-marker-9780252073168","title":"Chris Marker","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe maverick filmmaker''s personal and political relationships with film\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Best known in the United States for his visionary short film \u003ci\u003eLa Jetée\u003c\/i\u003e, Chris Marker spearheaded the bourgeoning Nouvelle Vague scene in the late 1950s. His distinctive style and use of still images place him among the postwar era''s most influential European filmmakers. His fearless political cinema, meanwhile, provided a bold model for other activist filmmakers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Nora M. Alter investigates the core themes and motivations behind an unpredictable and transnational career that defies easy classification. A photographer, multimedia artist, writer, broadcaster, producer, and organizer, Marker cultivated an artistic dynamism and always-changing identity. ''I am an essayist,'' Marker once said, and his 1953 debut filmic essay \u003ci\u003eThe Statues Also Die\u003c\/i\u003e (with Alain Resnais) exposed the European art market''s complicity in atrocities in the former Belgian Congo. Ranging geographicall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Nora Alter's short study of Marker's work does much to restore a sense of the complexity of his motivations and working methods . . . She is especially informative on the aesthetic and political involutions of post-war France. . . . For its filmography and the breadth of its coverage, her book is essential.\"--Brian Dillon, \u003ci\u003eSight and Sound\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"A valuable addition to Marker scholarship.\"--\u003ci\u003eFilm International\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MO - University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51455972082007,"sku":"9780252073168","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252073168.jpg?v=1755033261","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chris-marker-9780252073168","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}