La Jetée

Duration: 27

Year Published: 1963

Creator: Pyramid Films

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: A science fiction story which occurs after World War III, composed of still photographs. A desperate band of survivors, living underground, use their remaining scientific resources to escape their radioactive impasse. The hero voyages through time to the past where he encounters a woman he had glimpsed as a child at the airport. He falls in love with her and wishes to remain in the past but is prevented from doing so., A story beginning and ending in the present but made "after the Third World War." More than a science fiction film, it is a deeply effective love story, and its stunning logic carries a powerful impact. MCLS subject heading: Experimental, Miscellaneous & Abstract Films.

Complete Record: A science fiction story which occurs after World War III, composed of still photographs. A desperate band of survivors, living underground, use their remaining scientific resources to escape their radioactive impasse. The hero voyages through time to the past where he encounters a woman he had glimpsed as a child at the airport. He falls in love with her and wishes to remain in the past but is prevented from doing so. , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.