French Sci-Fi (was Re: OFF: GODZILLA REVIEW)

[Doug Pearson]

On Sat, 30 May 1998 00:28:02 +0200, Goran Janicijevic
<goran.janicijevic at INFORMA.MK> inscribed:

>As I can see, there is a lot of fuss about the French interpretation of
>Godzilla. I didn't see the movie, and I don't intend to, because the
reactions
>remind me to another one recent French SF project - The Fifth Element -
that I
>hate so much. So - beware of French SF movies. ;-)

What about 'La Jetée' (transl. 'The Runway', because the crucial
beginning/ending scene takes place at an airport)?  A fascinating
time-travel movie (on which '12 Monkeys', which I didn't see, was sorta
based) that isn't really a movie, but a series of photographs displayed
sequentially (almost like a slide show on film).  I forget which famous 60s
French director did it (Goddard or someone ... I should ask the babe
described in Calvert's "Over My Head"), but the plot is very cool, and the
ending is a great shocker that wraps up the loose ends very well (always
tough with time-loop concepts).  It's not very long, and definitely worth
checking out for the concept, cinematography and atmosphere ...

ObHWContent: it was being shown before Nik Turner's set when he played in
Cleveland last year after Strange Daze.

        -Doug
         ceres at sirius.com