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.
What to make of this? While longer and with more action than "Jetee", this is Chris Marker again showing us strange images with some science fiction music over the top. Now we have odd sex statues, and stuffed animals (taxidermy, not kid toys) in positions of mating... what? Then we have a whack-a-mole game, which consists not only of bureaucrats (fair) but also a single baby seal... what? And to top this off, we have a robot that looks vaguely like John F. Kennedy, with a musical rendition of his most famous speech playing in the background...
What to make of this? While longer and with more action than "Jetee", this is Chris Marker again showing us strange images with some science fiction music over the top. Now we have odd sex statues, and stuffed animals (taxidermy, not kid toys) in positions of mating... what? Then we have a whack-a-mole game, which consists not only of bureaucrats (fair) but also a single baby seal... what? And to top this off, we have a robot that looks vaguely like John F. Kennedy, with a musical rendition of his most famous speech playing in the background...