Short 2 - Dreams

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Summary: There are some other very good shorts on this disc..........
Review: ....Though many models apparently degrade through ill use or neglect.
Hello?? Are we thinking yet?? Whilst it is a great shame that La Jetee is not presented in both English and French on this DVD release, a measure which would have been inexpensive, simple and after all one of the great things about this technology, it is absurd and ignorant of the reviewers here to complain on the grounds of it being some dumb hollywood machine decision and disrespectful to this wonderful film. Just to reiterate what has already been stated plainly...
THE ENGLISH-VOICE VERSION IS THE ONE PREFERED BY CHRIS MARKER HIMSELF. now shut up. think before you speak. take the time to know what you're talking about.
And anybody considering buying this film...how can you not? It's quite simply beautiful.

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Summary: Intelligence comes as standard on Y2K model homo sapien...
Review: ....Though many models apparently degrade through ill use or neglect.
Hello?? Are we thinking yet?? Whilst it is a great shame that La Jetee is not presented in both English and French on this DVD release, a measure which would have been inexpensive, simple and after all one of the great things about this technology, it is absurd and ignorant of the reviewers here to complain on the grounds of it being some dumb hollywood machine decision and disrespectful to this wonderful film. Just to reiterate what has already been stated plainly...
THE ENGLISH-VOICE VERSION IS THE ONE PREFERED BY CHRIS MARKER HIMSELF. now shut up. think before you speak. take the time to know what you're talking about.
And anybody considering buying this film...how can you not? It's quite simply beautiful.

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Summary: A travesty
Review: Although I read the review which lamented that "La Jetée" was dubbed into English, I took a chance, hoping that the default audio track was in English and that an alternate track in French was present. I was wrong. This is appalling. If I could send it back, I would.

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Summary: La Jetée is in English only
Review: I bought this DVD hoping it would give me La Jetée with the original French soundtrack, having already bought the VHS version with the awful English soundtrack (whatever the director may say about it! -- see other review). Sadly the DVD does not provide alternative sound tracks for La Jetée -- it's in English only.

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Summary: Dubbed?
Review: I had first heard of La Jetée way back in college from a buddy in film school. When he asked if I had seen it, I thought he said "le j'etais." I used to be it? I asked. He kind of freaked out (in the style of film students) at the realization of the cleverness of the dual meaning of the title.
This the kind of subtlety that's lost when a film is dubbed. While I can understand a studio's decision to dub a film that may achieve a wider audience if the soundtrack is in English (i.e. Life is Beautiful, Jackie Chan's Hong Kong films) I am puzzled by the release of this film in a dubbed version only. It is not as if this film will ever have a wide following and the DVD format is such that the inclusion of the original naration would not fit on the disk.
If you really want to see La Jetée and refuse to see it in it's original French, rent 12 Monkeys (a fine film) in 4:3 instead; you'll be happier.

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Summary: Uhh- some of us don't speak french...
Review: I notice that a lot of people are slamming this disc's presentation of La Jetee because of the english dubbing. Call me a redneck hayseed bumpkin, but I don't speak french, and the subtitles on the french versions I've seen obscure the equally important visuals. Thank the lord that someone has made a version of this film that the average joe can enjoy without distracting french murmuring and obscurative subtitles.

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Summary: why is La Jetee in English?
Review: I was really disapointed to turn this familiar flick on and not hear the original French narration. I don't mean to be a snob but, the movie is French- it should stay that way. I pretty much can't watch this version.

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Summary: why is La Jetee in English?
Review: I was really disapointed to turn this familiar flick on and not hear the original French narration. I don't mean to be a snob but, the movie is French- it should stay that way. I pretty much can't watch this version.

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Summary: That is the version Chris Marker wanted used
Review: If La Jeteee had been made available in French, it would have been used on the DVD. Chris Marker wanted us to use the English version. That is why Depth Solitude which is on the disc as well was included in English and Dutch...because both versions were provided.

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Summary: Re: La Jetee dubbed in English
Review: In response to the upset over the English version of La Jetee: true, for most films dubbing is an appalling practice that robs the film of one of its primary features--the actor's original vocal performance. However, Chris Marker made two versions of this ground-breaking, influential short film--one with a French voiceover, one with an English voiceover. For La Jetee, he actually prefers the English version. Check out other Marker films with his approved English voiceovers, such as Sans soleil (Sunless) and, if you can find it, Grin without a Cat.