Sans Soleil or Sunless (1983)
Thursday, December 14, 2006
"The first image he spoke to me about was the one of the three children on a road in Iceland in 1965.
He said that for him it was the image of happiness and also that he had tried several times to link it to other images, but it never worked.
He wrote me:
one day I'll have to put it all alone at the beginning of a film with a long stretch of black; If they have not seen the happiness in the image, at least they will see the black."
"I think of a world where each memory can create its own legend."
I really cannot think how to put into words my sentiments towards this part documentary, part fiction, seemingly science fiction mosaic of stunning and obscure footage that is accompanied by an easy-to-listen to narration questioning time, memory and space and the instantly recognizable Isao Tomita accompaniment. Once more my intellect and interest has been stimulated by dialogue and striking, impacting visual imagery that I shall forever carry with me. The single framed direct stare of the girl on the street, the Icelandic conclusion, the Zone, the man from 4001 where total recall is memory anesthesised and the bobbing heads of the sleeping Japanese commuters that are paralleled with the Asian confrontation of Horror in film.
Sans Soleil is a work of lingering and subtle beauty that percolates through my bloodstream, informing the hours and days, changing the things and ways I see... - Jonathan Rimorin.
For discussions and a script write up head here.
Labels: Documentary, Movie
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