La Jetee

    "La Jetee" is a unique film that only uses still images and narration to tell a story. "La Jetee" is a film that gives the illusion of time travel. It also showcases the idea of how movement of the film can be perceived by the characters and the audience. While the characters in this film are trapped in time the audience views them as being still on screen. This is an interesting way to tell a story without movement in each scene.

    Relating this film to what we have read, this can be seen as a counter-cinema piece as it is uniquely different from what mainstream Hollywood was. The film is different because it uses still photos to tell a story. It was regarded more as a photo novel. While it uses still images this does not mean it takes away from the film aspect of telling a story with editing. This film also relates in some aspects to Eisenstein's Soviet montage theory. This theory is about how films rely heavily on editing and montage.  

    This film reminded me about a book that I read in elementary school called "The Invention of Hugo Cabret". This book relied heavily on images rather than text. You were still able to understand what was going on in the book without having any context with the images. It did a good job of showcasing what was going on in each chapter and while it was different from a normal book it still got the story across in the same way. It sometimes comes down to preference on how you want to consume something or what you enjoy more.