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==Reception and legacy== === Release, awards, and recognition === In 1963, [[Prix Jean Vigo]] awarded ''La Jetée'' for "Best Short Film".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000548/1963/1?ref_=ttawd_ev_1 |title=Prix Jean Vigo (1963)|website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=1 December 2019}}</ref> That same year, ''La Jetée'' was included in the [[Locarno International Film Festival]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web| url= https://mubi.com/films/la-jetee/awards| title=La Jetee (1962) Awards & Festivals| website= mubi.com |access-date=5 December 2019}}</ref> the [[Trieste Science+Fiction Festival]], and the [[Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056119/releaseinfo/ | title=La Jetée (Short 1962) - Release info - IMDb | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref> The film has since been included in several contemporary film festivals, including the Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente in 2009,<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://mubi.com/awards-and-festivals/buenos-aires?year=2009 |title= Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2009| website= mubi.com | publisher=| date=| accessdate= }}</ref> the "Cine//B Film Festival" in 2011, and the [[International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam]] in 2019.<ref name=":0" /> ''La Jetée'' was included by producer Steven Schneider in the 2003 film reference book ''[[1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die]]''.<ref>{{Citation|title=La Jetée (1962) | website= [[IMDb]].com |url= http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056119/trivia|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref> In 2010, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' ranked ''La Jetée'' first in its list of "Top 10 time-travel movies".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Cruz |first=Gilbert |url= https://entertainment.time.com/2010/03/26/top-10-time-travel-movies |title='La Jetee,' 1962 |magazine=Time |date=2010-03-18 |access-date=2020-05-02}}</ref> In 2012, in correspondence with the ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' poll, the [[British Film Institute]] deemed ''La Jetée'' as the 50th greatest film of all time.<ref name="bfi">{{cite web| url= http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/50-greatest-films-all-time |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120802102928/http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/50-greatest-films-all-time |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2 August 2012 |title=The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time |date= 1 August 2012 |work=[[Sight & Sound]] |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=2012-12-19}}</ref> In 2022, it took the spot of 67th greatest film on the ''Sight & Sound'' critics' poll, and 35th greatest film on the director's poll, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |title=La Jetée (1962) |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/film/e6855ee9-c56d-5914-9f9b-69307cef5b18/la-jetee |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref> === In popular culture === Science fiction writer [[William Gibson]] considers the film one of his main influences.<ref>{{Cite news| url= http://www.openculture.com/2016/02/william-gibson-on-how-la-jetee-changed-his-life.html|title=How Chris Marker's Radical SciFi Film, La Jetée, Changed the Life of Cyberpunk Prophet, William Gibson|work=Open Culture|access-date=2017-11-20| language=en-US}}</ref> On November 8, 2022 the Chicago Fringe Opera staged a world-premiere concert performance of Seth Boustead and J. Robert Lennon's chamber opera adaptation of the film.<ref>{{cite web |title=World Premiere LA JETÉE |url=https://www.chicagofringeopera.com/event/la-jetee/ |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=chicagofringeopera.com |publisher=Chicago Fringe Opera}}</ref> ==== Music ==== The video for [[Sigue Sigue Sputnik]]'s 1989 single "[[Dancerama]]" is an homage to ''La Jetée''.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.sputnikworld.com/2discograpy_singles.html |title= Sigue Sigue Sputnikworld: singles |date=2002-12-09 | website= sputnikworld.com |access-date=2015-11-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20021209062846/http://www.sputnikworld.com/2discograpy_singles.html |archive-date= 9 December 2002 }}</ref> The film is also one of the influences in the video for [[David Bowie]]'s "[[Jump They Say]]" (1993).<ref>"David Bowie's 'Jump They Say'", special feature on the Criterion Collection DVD of ''La Jetée'' and ''Sans soleil''</ref> The Chicago-based band [[Isotope 217]] recorded the track "La Jetée" for their 1997 album''The Unstable Molecule''. On the 1998 album ''[[TNT (Tortoise album)|TNT]]'', the [[post-rock]] band [[Tortoise (band)|Tortoise]], of which Isotope 217 is a side-project, featured an alternate version of the same song, titled "Jetty". Both are inspired by the film. [[Kode9]], in collaboration with Ms. Haptic, Marcel Weber (aka MFO), and Lucy Benson created an homage to ''La Jetée'' in 2011, for the [[Unsound Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |date=2013-12-11 |title=Kode 9, MFO & Ms Haptic present 'Her Ghost' |url=http://www.mutek.org/en/archives/artists/8171-kode-9-mfo-ms-haptic-present-her-ghost |access-date=2015-11-09 |website=mutek.org |publisher=MUTEK |archive-date=15 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615141100/http://www.mutek.org/en/archives/artists/8171-kode-9-mfo-ms-haptic-present-her-ghost |url-status=dead }}</ref> Northern Irish rock band [[Two Door Cinema Club]] screened the film at the launch party for their 2016 album ''[[Gameshow (album)|Gameshow]]''. The final track on the album, "Je viens de la", is inspired by ''La Jetée'' and describes the journey of the film's protagonist.<ref>{{cite news |date=16 September 2016 |title=A Changed Two Door Cinema Club Launched Their Album in London |work=[[NME]].com |url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/two-door-cinema-club-tufnell-park-763946}}</ref> ==== Film ==== [[Terry Gilliam]]'s ''[[12 Monkeys]]'' (1995) was inspired by and takes several concepts directly from ''La Jetée'' (acknowledging this debt in the opening credits). The 2003 short film ''La puppé'' is both an homage to and a parody of ''La Jetée''.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/shortnotsweet/puppe.html |title= Independent Lens . SHORT, NOT SWEET . La Puppé |publisher= | website= [[PBS]].org |access-date= 2015-11-09}}</ref> The 2007 Mexican film ''[[Year of the Nail]]'', which is told entirely through still photographs, was inspired by ''La Jetée''. The 2018 Spanish film ''[[Entre Oscuros Sueños]]'', where the still-image movie concept is also used, was entirely inspired by ''La Jetée''. ''[[Friend of the World]]'', a [[two-hander]] film, was inspired by ''La Jetée,'' among others.<ref>{{cite web | title=Horror Highlights: NO MAN OF GOD, STABBY SATURDAYS, DEMONIC, FRIEND OF THE WORLD, THE FINAL RIDE | url=https://dailydead.com/horror-highlights-no-man-of-god-stabby-saturdays-demonic-friend-of-the-world-the-final-ride/ |publisher=Daily Dead |date=2021-07-09 | access-date= 2021-08-18}}</ref> ==== Games ==== [[Leonard Boyarsky]], the art director of the initial installment of the [[Fallout (video game)|''Fallout'']] series, was influenced by the look of the technology in ''La Jetée.''<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa5IzHhAdi4 |title=Fallout Classic Revisited |language=en |access-date=2024-04-18 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>
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