Vertigo- A+
Twelve Monkeys- A
A triple feature to be reckoned with for sure. These three films are pure cinematic genius to behold.
First off, "La Jetee" the predecessor to "Vertigo" and "Twelve Monkeys" is an amazing french film told through through stills of a confused time traveller and his circular exploration through his own life's journey. Visually it could almost be a music video in it's narrative form but the picture is throughout narrated by the Time traveller. This film laid the groundwork for what became Terry Gilliam's "Twelve Monkeys." In short artistic and intriguing.
Next comes "Vertigo" the Alfred Hitchcock classic that reportedly was the film closest to his heart. Set in San Francisco and the greater Bay Area, James Stewart portrays a detective plagued with the affliction of vertigo sadly forcing him to retire his badge for fear of accountability. Meanwhile Kim Novak plays the wife of an old school chum who hires newly retired Jim Stewart to follow her and dig up information on her daily activities. Upon following her he discovers she has developed a second identity . . .
Finally we triangulate our filmfest with "Twelve Monkeys" starring Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe and Frank Gorshin of Batman fame. A glorified feature length version of "La Jatee," Terry Gilliam combines elements of his own vision, "Vertigo" and La Jatee to tell the story of a time traveller who is sent to the surface of a post-apocalyptic world in our possible future to trace and discover when and how a terrorist group known as the Twelve Monkeys released a deadly virus on the world wiping out the majority of life as we know it.
All films well complement one another and if viewed in the order suggested make for a great motion picture experience.
-Aussie Bridger
2 comments:
Great selection.
But in what sense is La Jetee a precedessor of Vertigo
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