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DESCRIPTION OF A STRUGGLE
Description d'un combat
Synopsis
In Description d’un Combat, Marker’s idiosyncratic style, combining location footage with archival material, builds a complex and personal portrayal. Israel’s demography is explored, from the kibbutzim to the Arab minorities, the orthodox Jews, and the tourists.
Synopsis
In Description d’un Combat, Marker’s idiosyncratic style, combining location footage with archival material, builds a complex and personal portrayal. Israel’s demography is explored, from the kibbutzim to the Arab minorities, the orthodox Jews, and the tourists.
Our take
Named for a Kafka short story, this Chris Marker feature carries on in his usual mixed-media, scrapbook style. Deftly moving from one idea to another, exploring the communication between several simultaneous narratives, Marker leaves us with a whole ethnography of the young state of Israel.