Sans Soleil (1983)
Directed by Chris Marker · Cinematography by Chris Marker
100 min38 frames
Documentary
He wrote me...
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Sans Soleil — official trailer
What is Sans Soleil about?
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.
Sans Soleil is a 1983 French documentary film directed by Chris Marker. It is a meditation on the nature of human memory, showing the inability to recall the context and nuances of memory, and how, as a result, the perception of personal and global histories is affected. The title Sans Soleil is from the song cycle Sunless by Modest Mussorgsky, a brief fragment of which features in the film. Sans Soleil is composed of documentary footage shot by Marker interwoven with stock footage, clips from Japanese movies and shows, and excerpts and stills from other films.
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Where can you watch Sans Soleil?
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Who stars in Sans Soleil?
Florence Delayas Narrator (voice)
Amílcar Cabralas Self (archive footage)
Arielle Dombasleas Self
Who made Sans Soleil?
What does the cinematography of Sans Soleil look like?
Across 38 sampled frames, Sans Soleil builds its coverage from close-ups, with medium shots carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Chris Marker keeps most of it in soft, naturalistic light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Vintage glass shapes the frame, over a texture recalling 16mm. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in most of the frames.
What is the color palette of Sans Soleil?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Sans Soleil (1983) are #322f2d, #d1d0d0, #0d0a0b, #fbfbf9, #4f5350, #918a74 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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