Sans Soleil

Continuing her comments from letters she's received from her traveling photographer friend, narrator Alexandra Stewart with observations relating to Japanese culture and media, in Chris Marker's Sans Soleil, also known as Sunless and Without Sun, 1983.

Commentary based on letters from a fictional globe-trotting photographer takes a political turn, regarding Guinea-Bissau in West Africa and the assassination of revolutionary leader Amilcal Kabral, in Chris Marker's Sans Soleil, also known as Sunless and Without Sun, 1983.

Typical unorthodox opening from director Chris Marker, a quote from T.S. Eliot, and the introduction of the central narrative device, letters from a world-traveling photographer, opening Sans Soleil, also known as Sunless and Without Sun, 1983.