Letter from Siberia

May. 21,1970      
Rating:
7.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

One of Chris Marker's earliest documentaries (1957) and probably one of his best, the hour-long Letter From Siberia mixes new and found footage with inventive commentary, and is especially memorable for a passage in which footage is repeated while the offscreen commentary transforms its meaning with a different ideological interpretation. It is perhaps the earliest example we have of Marker's inimitable essayistic manner, hence an indispensable work.

Georges Rouquier as  Narrator

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Reviews

Dorathen
1970/05/21

Better Late Then Never

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Baseshment
1970/05/22

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

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Humaira Grant
1970/05/23

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

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Nayan Gough
1970/05/24

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

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