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November 11, 2003
OGIC: Things to do in Chi-town
If you are here in Chicago, and less beset by pesky deadlines than I am, you should definitely head up north to Evanston to see Chris Marker's haunting short film La Jetée Wednesday night. It's part of a double feature with Hiroshima, Mon Amour. I don't care if you see that. But La Jetée is too seldom shown, and it's a shame to miss any opportunity to see it. Michael Blowhard talked Marker up here recently, and gave some additional links. As he notes, La Jetée was the inspiration for 12 Monkeys, though you needn't like one to like the other; they're thoroughly different pieces of work.The Block Museum at Northwestern University, which is showing the film, has other good stuff on their schedule too, like Jules and Jim a week from Thursday. One series, "Professor's Pick," consists of films chosen by Northwestern faculty members, who introduce the screenings.
Posted November 11, 2003 2:08 AM
