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| Florence Delay | ... | Narrator (French version) (voice) | |
| Arielle Dombasle | ... | Herself | |
| Riyoko Ikeda | ... | Narrator (Japanese version) (voice) | |
| Charlotte Kerr | ... | Narrator (German version) (voice) | |
| Kim Novak | ... | Herself / Madeleine Elster / Judy Burton (archive footage) | |
| Alexandra Stewart | ... | Narrator (English version) (voice) | |
| James Stewart | ... | Himself / John 'Scottie' Ferguson (archive footage) |
Directed by | |||
| Chris Marker | (as Chris. Marker) | ||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Chris Marker | writer (as Chris. Marker) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Michel Krasna | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Chris Marker | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Chris Marker | (as Chris. Marker) | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Pierre Camus | .... | assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Paul Bertault | .... | sound mixer | |
| Antoine Bonfanti | .... | sound mixer | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Hayao Yamaneko | .... | special effects | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Catherine Adda | .... | assistant editor | |
| Anne-Marie Lhote | .... | assistant editor | |
Thanks | |||
| Eugenio Bentivoglio | .... | acknowledgment: archive footage (segment: Guerrilla in Bissau) | |
| Jean-Michel Humeau | .... | acknowledgment: archive footage (segment: Graduation Ceremony) | |
| Mario Marret | .... | acknowledgment: archive footage (segment: Guerrilla in Bissau) | |
| Sana Na N'Hada | .... | acknowledgment: archive footage (segment: Bissau Carnival) | |
| Haroun Tazieff | .... | acknowledgment: archive footage (segment: Iceland 1970) | |
| Danièle Tessier | .... | acknowledgment: archive footage (segment: Death of a Giraffe) | |
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I must be brief. This documentary, which splices in cuts from Vertigo and from some guerrilla films, is definitely worth seeing. Though a student of French literature, and therefore habitually and terminally bored by pretentious studies of memory, this movie is remarkable in the way it makes connections across continents through the filmmaker's memory, extended as it is by the visual images he has stored on film. To put it disrespectfully, there is a lot of eye candy in this film, some of which is extremely beautiful ... the computer graphics towards the end might even remind Cocteau fans of some of scenes from Blood of a Poet (these, though, were what I found to be a bit over the top). So far I have only seen this film once, and so many of the memories that it prodded just three weeks ago have faded, like for example the name of the composer whose Bez Solntse inspired the title, and the documentary on volcanic activity I saw somewhere sometime which was echoed in the section filmed in Finland. In any case, this film will give you insight into the fascinating co-existence of traditional and modern culture in Japan. This struck home with me because I lived in Asia during the 80s when the technology of video-games, computers, and stereophonic luxe were exploding in the very same culture in which colorful Hindu and golden Buddhist temples w/ smoking incense, bird-singing contests and kite races were popular Sunday diversions from production. Bref, a fabulous film. As others have suggested, be prepared to suspend the Hollywood mindset for this treat.