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Film at UO experiments with time ■ ‘La Jetee’ was the inspiration for the 1995 film ‘Twelve Monkeys’ By Rory Carroll Oregon Daily Emerald This Wednesday at 8 p.m., the UO Cultural Forum will show French Director Chris Marker’s 1962 film “La Jetee” at 180 PLC. Widely regarded as an influen tial experimental film, “La Jetee” is the story of a man living in the wake of global nuclear holocaust. Scientists submerged far below the earth’s surface decide that, with little hope for the future, they must turn their attention to recapturing the past. They see time travel as the only escape from the forsaken planet. The problem is that no one has a strong enough memory of the time before World War 111 to travel back. One man, however, has a vivid memory of a tragic moment from his childhood, and uses it as a doorway into the former world. “La Jetee” served as the inspi ration to Terry Gilliam’s 1995 film “12 Monkeys.” Gillian also made “Brazil” and “The Fisher King.” “La Jetee” is far simpler than that high-budget Hollywood version, according to Vladimir Solmon, film coordinator for the Cultural Forum. “It is sparse in the plot line,” Solmon said. “I’m a big fan of the sparseness.” The film is made up entirely of stills that fade into one another, along with some subtitles. The absence of sound provided an av enue for UO graduate Aaron Trant to supply his own sound track. Trant will perform his live film score, playing percussion that he has prepared to accompa ny the film. Trant said that his interest with “La Jetee” first started with the film “12 Monkeys.” “I am a big Terry Gilliam fan, and when I learned that ‘La Jetee’ was the original inspiration for the film, I thought I should check it out.” Trant said his main goal with the score is to enhance the overall mood of the film. “’La Jetee’ is a very dark story and I try to capture that in the score,” he said. “I also try to move between different moods [love, fright, violence etc.] with subtle ness so that every mood is some how connected with a common thread.” Trant has scored the piece for vibraphone, bongos, bass drum, two toms, various cymbals, gongs, chimes and triangles. “I have also included some not so-mainstream instruments such as mixing bowls and whistles,” he said. Two years ago, Trant performed a live score to Fritz Lang’s “Me tropolis” with a group called the After Quartet. A University grad uate who is currently working on his Masters at the New England Conservatory in Boston, he said he enjoys returning to his alma mater to perform. It is sparse in the plot line. I’m a big fan of the sparseness. Vladmir Solmon film coordinator Cultural Forum “I have decided to come back because I had such a great experi ence there with ‘Metropolis,’” Trant said. “This campus is also very interested in new music and new projects like this, and I thought a lot of other people in the area would be interested.” Courtesy of EMU Cultural Forum (Chris Marker’s 1962 film “La Jetee,” which was the inspiration for the 1995 film “12 Monkeys,” will be shown at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Room 180 PLC. The show will open with some short avant-garde films including George Melies’ “Trip to the Moon,” Marcel Duchamp’s “Anemic Cinema,” Jean Vigo’s “Taris,” Orson Welles’ “Hearts of Age,” and Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel’s “Un Chien Andelou.” Vladimir said that because “La Jetee” is only 30 minutes long, she wanted to show several open ing films. “I was trying to find things that would fit,” she said. “I’m a fan of early avant-garde.” Although she admits that the seats in PLC 180 are not exactly luxurious, she said the sound quality is surprisingly good. The cost is $5 for students, and $6 for the public. The show be gins at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Room 180 PLC. c UNIVERSITY . an unqualified delight from start to finish.” , Paul Denison wtrk Eugene Register Guard THEATRE of ^cholas^ick/?w Robinson Theatre * Part I: May 18, 25, June 1@ 7 May 20, 21, 27, June 3@ 1 Part II: May 19, 20, 26, 27 & June 2, 3 @7 . 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