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Chris Marker's Use Of Art Cinema In La Jete
In 1952, the Miracle happened, and film was covered under free speech as long at the movies were not obscene. Directors were allowed to become auteurs. Directors could express their ideas without having to worry about censorship. One director in particular, Chris Marker, displays Art Cinema in La Jetée.
In the beginning of the film, the narrator is speaking of a man dying, and while the narrator is speaking images flash across screen at a faster rate to create tension, and this is known as accelerated editing. Accelerated editing is used quite frequently in the movie. Another scene with accelerated editing shows images of scientists giving a man a shot. As the scene progresses and the needle gets closer to his arm the photographs on the screen

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