Chris Marker Shorts

Director: Chris Marker

1988 / 73min / Digital

Marker's profound connection to Japan is explored in The Koumiko Mystery, which he filmed at the time of the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, an event that permanently altered the face of the city. The first of Marker’s many portraits of the Japanese capital follows a young Japanese woman, Koumiko Muraoka, on a guided tour of her hometown. A thrilling city symphony/essay film, capturing the throbbing pulse of a metropolis in the midst of self-reinvention. Screens with two shorts that explore some of Marker's favorite animal avatars—Cat Listening to Music and An Owl is an Owl is an Owl—followed by a panel discussion with artist and writer Paul Chan and filmmaker and poet Lynne Sachs, moderated by Sadie Starnes.

Program
Cat Listening to Music (1990, 3')
An Owl Is an Owl (1990, 3')
Tokyo Days (1988, 21')
The Koumiko Mystery (1965, 46')

Cat Listening to Music, An Owl is an Owl is an Owl, Tokyo Days courtesy of Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

Introduction and Q&A featuring artist and writer Paul Chan and filmmaker and poet Lynne Sachs, moderated by Sadie Starnes

Part of Chris Marker's Le Dépays