
July 29, 1921 · 104 years old
Christian François Bouche-Villeneuve, better known as Chris Marker (France, 29 July 1921 – 29 July 2012), was a French writer, poet, activist, critic, photographer, traveler, journalist, film essayist, multimedia artist, and documentary filmmaker. He began his career as part of the French Rive Gauc…

The story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.

A woman narrates the contemplative writings of a seasoned world traveler, focusing on contemporary Japan.

Moved by the work of director Yasujirô Ozu, Wim Wenders travels to Japan in search of the Tokyo seen in Ozu's films.

Filmmaker Patricio Guzmán tracks the deterioration of Salvador Allende's position following the attempted coup d'état of 29 June 1973, and analyzes the 10 weeks before Augusto Pinochet's CIA-backed seizure of power.

A documentary that shows the production of Ran and discusses the film techniques of Kurosawa himself.

This film investigates the factory worker's response to the insurrection, as well as Chile's socialist aspirations for the future. The camera captures the optimism in the industrial working class before Pinochet's US-backed coup d...

A witty examination of life and culture in Siberia.

The French computer programmer Laura inherits the task of making a computer game of the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. She searches the internet for information on the battle, and interviews Japanese experts and witnesses....

In seven different segments, Godard, Klein, Lelouch, Marker, Resnais, and Varda show their sympathy and support for the North Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War.

From counter-demonstration moves by Nazis and religious groups on October 20, to the mass anti-war demonstration in Washington by 100,000 young men and women in front of the Lincoln Monument, Washington, D.C.