tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717875266905215662.post7629666619731721061..comments2016-06-22T17:21:30.235-07:00Comments on The Cinema of Estrangement: la Jetee a very unique piece of workAl Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251435271776441569noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717875266905215662.post-66541180198358311392011-03-20T22:13:45.626-07:002011-03-20T22:13:45.626-07:00I agree that the lack of dialogue in combination w...I agree that the lack of dialogue in combination with the still shots was mentally draining to viewers. Maybe it was just me (I get sleepy in the afternoons), but I definitely had to work very hard to stay interested in the film. The subtitles and the voice of the narrator droning in the background likely also contributed to this. Another reason La Jetee was not one of my favorite films was that I predicted the ending within the first 3 minutes. I think that the score and the narration placed an inordinate emphasis on the fact that he witnessed a man dying as a child and then when the time-travel aspect of the film was introduced, it seemed to be a pretty obvious connection. Time travel movies do intrigue me though and their themes seem to stay with me, so maybe that was another contributing factor. <br /><br />Random, but if anyone has seen The Butterfly Effect, I think that this movie and its stance on time travel is fairly unique and realistic - as realistic as a movie with both Ashton Kutcher and time travel can be.SarahDeBolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14547898217498733023noreply@blogger.com