“Chris Marker said so much about time and memory in this mid-length film essay that, to this day, it remains a touchstone reference.” Kiva Reardon
“This circle story of a man marked by an image of his childhood that is responsible for his travelling to the past only to see his own death is a photo-roman, a war story, a love story, a science-fiction film, an architectural construction and a painting of its time. It reveals the history of our future.” Miguel Valverde
“La Jetée is perfection, its mysterious narrative gripping the viewer with an extraordinarily moving moment of release when the black-and-white still photographs that comprise the film come to life. Chris Marker proves that a 30-minute film can be the intellectual and emotional equal of, or even superior to, the much bigger, longer, more lavish time-trip sci-fi movies that came in La Jetée’s wake.” Jane Giles
