Marker’s fascination with memory reaches its apotheosis in this celebrated film essay, which sees a female narrator reading a letter describing the journey of fictitious travelling cameraman Sandor Krasna. Primarily using footage from Japan and Guinea-Bissau (some of the latter was shot by Sarah Maldoror in 1974 - on the eve of the country’s independence from Portugal - for an unfinished film about the revolutionary poet and leader Amílcar Cabral), this ‘home movie’ is a testament to Marker’s spirited, unceasingly curious imagination. Screen: NFT2. Screening details: English language subtitles; 35mm.
