{"product_id":"chris-marker-3","title":"Chris Marker","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe maverick filmmaker's personal and political relationships with film\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBest 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\u003eNora 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 geographically as well as artistically, Marker's travels led to films like the classic \u003ci\u003eSans Soleil\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSunday in Peking\u003c\/i\u003e. His decades-long struggle against global injustice involved him with \u003ci\u003eNight and Fog, Le Joli Mai, Far from Vietnam, Le fond du l'air est Rouge,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePrime Time in the Camps.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eInsightful and revealing, \u003ci\u003eChris Marker\u003c\/i\u003e includes interviews with the notoriously private director.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54245169955160,"sku":"9780252073168","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780252073168_936d68d4-79b0-48dc-8555-42eb6c73dbfb.jpg?v=1778594465","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/chris-marker-3","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}