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The film is a first-person documentary on the October 1967 March on the Pentagon for the Mobilization to End the War in Vietnam, with Marker filming in the midst of the often violent protest. It is a remarkable time capsule and a reminder of an historic turning point in the opposition to a long and unpopular war.
One of Chris Marker's few fiction films, THE EMBASSY shows political dissidents seeking refuge in a foreign embassy after a military coup d tat in an unidentified country.
| Catalog Number: MC-885 |
Type: Feature |
Genre: Experimental |
| Copyright: 1967 |
Length: 47 minutes |
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DVD Region: 1 |
| TV System: NTSC |
ISBN: |
UPC: 854565001046 |
| Label: Icarus Films |
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Films In Compilation
Sixth Side of the Pentagon, The directed by
Chris
Marker
USA,
Documentary,
1967,
B&W/Color,
00:26:00
From young men burning their draft cards, to the Yippies chanting "Out, demons, out!" while trying to levitate the Pentagon, to thousands of protestors rushing the steps of the Pentagon itself and ...
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Embassy, The directed by
Chris
Marker
USA,
Political / Social,
1973,
Color,
00:21:00
An anonymous cameraman records the tense situation with his Super-8 camera, and provides a voice-over commentary, as the Ambassador and his wife arrange to house and feed the growing group, who ...
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2008-07-30 Association des Cinémas de Recherché d'Ile-de-France
By Sofia Norlin
Marker isn't there simply to record reality, he is there to write, to rewrite reality during the filming.... The director becomes a witness to this historic event, recording the memory of a moment when social criticism becomes political action.
| 2008-07-30 Film Quarterly
By Larry Loewinger
Eloquent... impressive... Chris Marker is among that rare breed of men in whom the currents of political engagement and searching human honesty reinforce and enrich rather than antagonize each other.
| 2008-07-30 Educational Media Reviews Online
By Christopher Lewis
There probably isn't a film that covers the March on the Pentagon better than THE SIXTH SIDE OF THE PENTAGON... a valued addition... recommended.
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Case of the Grinning Cat, The
MC-882, 2004
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In his most recent film, Chris Marker reflects on art, culture and politics at the start of the new millennium by embarking on a
cinematic journey through Paris to track down the mysterious appearances of grinning yellow cat paintings all over the... more >
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Last Bolshevik
MC-883, 1993
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Based on the life and work of the great Russian film director Alexander Medvedkin (1900-1989), THE LAST BOLSHEVIK is a tribute from one filmmaker to another through an archeological expedition into film history, exploring the relations between art... more >
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Remembrance of Things to Come
MC-884, 2001
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The film profiles the life and work of photojournalism pioneer Denise Bellon (1902-1999), providing a dazzling historical portrait of the momentous international events occurring between 1935 and 1955 and a reflection on the relations between... more >
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