
"He wrote me...." A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco.... (Full plot summary below)
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"He wrote me...." A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco.
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| Antagony & EcstasyTim BraytonSans soleil is more intuitive than rational, and that makes it a singular, overpowering experience. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThere's little chance such a bizarre thinking man's film will have a wide appeal, but for those it reaches this is a one of a kind masterpiece. |
| San Francisco ExaminerJeffrey M. AndersonSans Soleil makes up a tapestry of memories that questions the entire nature of memory, while celebrating that of cinema. |
| User ReviewJason LShould be required viewing for the human race. |
| User ReviewDaniel CA kaleidoscopic trip through time and space, thought and memory. I love it. |
| User ReviewConor Meverything that cinema can be. possibly the best movie i have ever seen. smart, beautiful. the viewer can really tell that the filmmaker put his soul into this. i need to see more marker. this is so unbelievably eloquent and fascinating. |
| User ReviewKi Hyuk YFor 100 minutes, Sans Soleil is too dense to easily understand on a single viewing. But this film proves that, as Marker's surrogate says on Japanese TV, "Not Understanding adds to the pleasure". |
| User ReviewCarla Rene MA meditative collage of images, more like narrated postcards poetically expressing Markers unique, social perspective. The result is a feeling of rummaging through - or perhaps just being exposed to, an alien's diary. Pages and pages documenting a being's first visit to Earth & the strangeness of our society. Full of meaning, though still presenting gentle charming moments, harsh yet almost childlike. A thought provoking one-of-a-kind. |
| User ReviewX. TAlong with Murnau's Sunrise, this is something of a cinematic miracle. |
| User ReviewKyle MA beautiful essay on the importance of context and details in remembering and how memories affects our personal and shared histories that shape the present. Hugely impressive. |