Not that interesting honestly, atleast it's short. Inspired Twelve Monkeys (which is way better than this) so some points for that.

Who needs these newfangled contraptions? Moving pictures? 3D? Psh! An excellent example of what can be accomplished with narrative over a mere sequence of stills.

An amazing short, told in an abnormal way. The still photos work really well though, almost every one being a thing of beauty, and it ties into the "obsession of images" thing the movie has going for it.

Perfect story. I'm not sure the running time was enough to get immersed properly. The stills aren't the problem though; they work like magic. I need to mention the future people too. They were a trip.

The still images are so bold and honest, holding immense intimacy. Beautiful and memorable stuff.

I actually think 12 Monkeys improved upon the idea, but this one holds up pretty well on its own.

Best short film I´ve seen! Beautiful, mesmerizing and mind blowing... Definitely recommendable even though you´ve seen Twelve Monkeys...

Half hour short film. Very apparent that 12 monkeys stole this film's idea, but I wouldn't hold it against Gilliam: after all most films are a copy, more or less. Apart from the great plot, La Jetée has something unique (potential wake-up call for every so-so director): Marker proves (with ease) that the beauty of the cinema can be said in a simple mix of style and voice-over. A storyboard like this and you will never fail. Look for movement; it's there. Plot is everything. Composition likewise.

You've never seen anything like it.

One of the better shorts I have seen. Stills combined with music doesn't get much better than this.

Interesting experiment. Didn't work. I have now watched it twice and both times I nearly fell asleep. There's a reason why films are called motion pictures. Let's stick with that.

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The film being made up almost entirely of still images is most definitely not a simple gimmick but is essential to the film's effect as it both makes what you see seem either like something out of a memory or seem disorientating depending on the context of the scene. Beats out the later adaptation of La Jetee, Gilliam's Twelve Monkeys, with Marker's film being more ambitious, audacious, beautiful, captivating, thought-provoking and dreamlike.

The gorgeous and haunting stills work beautifully partly because of the film's relatively short length. This length slightly hampens the story, but only slightly.

Interesting idea with the still photographs. Overall, highly original.

Chris Marker's unusual shooting makes this sci-fi short feature one of the best movies of the 60s.

The story is fairly brilliant, something like a combination of Slaughterhouse Five and a dystopic sci-fi. The visual quality is really poor, though, not to mention the experimental film style, and it prevented me from being completely engaged by the film.

Really, really, REALLY good, and better than the "copy-cat" Twelwe Monkeys. The stills work very well at setting the mood.

Great story (which btw inspired Terry Gilliam to do '12 Monkeys') with an interesting "film" style. It cannot really be called a moving picture, but rather a filmed graphic novel. However, a very unusual experience. Try it.

Very powerful stuff. The still shots really suit it, and it mixes some fantastic big ideas with wonderful intimacy.

I liked the story, but I definitively didn't like the way they told it. The still pictures aren't that bad, but the mix with that omnipresent narrator looks extremely pedant and tedious. I watched it because of '12 Monkeys', and there are quite a few things I didn't like about that 'remake', but not a single one was better in the original, and '12 Monkeys' add a few interesting ones to this.

I was tired when I started watching this, and fell right asleep 10 minutes after the end. I'm not saying the film is boring, it just has its own slow charm. At first, I didn't see where this was going, being that the film is basically a narrator and still images, but eventually the whole ambiance works. This wouldn't have been nearly as interesting nor would it have conveyed any sort of message if done in the 'standard' character storytelling mode and moving pictures.

Still minimalism is best minimalism.