Crossing of Time: Marker and Mizoguchi's Ghosts

"A video essay examining the dead, the living, and the ghosts of cinema."

This work arises from the random encounter of two titles having a tie in the 50th place on the Sight & Sound list in 2012, curiously enough, when considering a dialogue between these two films, we see how cinema can generate its own ghosts: in both films the dead and the living coexist; in La Jeteé thanks to time (insubordinate of movement) and in Ugetsu Monogatari thanks to movement (a panoramic view within a sequence shot, which refers to a deceptive narrative continuity). What would happen if we stripped both films of their construction?

Loading countdown...
Partly Cloudy

Partly Cloudy

2009

Father Christmas

Father Christmas

1991

Martha the Monster

Martha the Monster

2017

Fade Into You

Fade Into You

2012

Tour Eiffel

Tour Eiffel

2006

Oak Thorn & the Old Rose of Love

Oak Thorn & the Old Rose of Love

2022

Arconada

Arconada

2013

The Boarded Window

The Boarded Window

1981

Night Swimming

Night Swimming

2005

Mosquito Lady

Mosquito Lady

2023

La Jetée

La Jetée

1962

Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory

Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory

1895

El buen mal

2014

Dylan

2014

Superman 75

Superman 75

2013

Where I Am Is Here

Where I Am Is Here

1964

Modern/Love

Modern/Love

2012

Le Pupille

Le Pupille

2022

Kuyu

Kuyu

2015

Crossroads

Crossroads

1931