A New Look at Olympia 52 ( Un regard neuf sur Olympia 52 )

A New Look at Olympia 52 (DVD) (*)

$29.99

Original Title: Un regard neuf sur Olympia 52
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
81 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 2013 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Julien Faraut

Written By:
Julien Faraut

Actors:
Julien Faraut

Synopsis:

Marker's rarely seen first documentary feature offers a fascinating early, still not fully formed, expression of his distinct style and essayistic approach. A chronicle of the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, Marker's debut film is noted for its lightness of touch, for the ways the camera constantly wanders away from the athletic spectacles to linger on the apparition of a face in a crowd, or the comic antics of a seal, or the ironic unfurling and pomp of a Coca-Cola flag.

Director Julien Faraut discovers Chris Marker's long unseen first feature in the archives of France's Institute of Sport. Olympia 52 documents the Helsinki Olympics of 1952 in a way that foreshadows Marker's incredible career as one of the world's foremost documentarians. Faraut revisits the film and discovers how Chris Marker became Chris Marker.

A New Look at Olympia 52 (2013), a recent study by Julien Faraut, provides valuable material about Marker's life before cinema and his first film. Sunday in Peking (1956) andIf I Had Four Camels (1966) are also shown in new restorations.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 03 November, 2014.