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Sans Soleil
Sans soleil
1983 · Film · documentary · 100 min
Directed by Chris Marker
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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After I watched Solaris I decided to space out the other Tarkovsky films over a period of years. They each hit me so hard that I wanted to always know there was one waiting for me that I could look forward to seeing, ideally as a restored print at the local rep cinema. Now I only have The Sacrifice left.
I also very much recommend Chris Marker's documentary on Tarkovsky, One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevitch [1][2]. Germane to this thread, he compares aspects of his films to Kurosawa in parts. Marker is also an incredible singular filmmaker, and the documentary is more of a love letter to Tarkovsky while he's on his deathbed. If you enjoy this, then oh do I envy you getting to go down the Marker rabbit hole and watching Sans Soleil and La Jetée for the first time.
[1] English with Turkish subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=35lETmPDypI
[2] French https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M56i90Q1-Y
Man With A Movie Camera and Sans Soleil are two good ones in a similar vein (better, I think)