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Contents 1 Information about the English narrated DVD version etc. 2 Meaning of the title 3 Hitchcock's Vertigo reference 4 WikiProject class rating 5 Talk about airplanes: Huh? 6 DVD Releases 7 Camera used

[edit] Information about the English narrated DVD version etc.

This is interesting information about the movie La Jetee and is a welcome addition to the article. I feel this information, regarding the preference of viewers and fans of the movie for the English narrated version of La Jetee etc., best belongs in the 'Trivia' section rather than in the introduction. Let's keep the introduction as a crisp and highly relevant summary of the film. Could someone amend the article accordingly? Thanks. Splashprince 03:08, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Meaning of the title

"but in this case idiomatically meaning 'The Terminal,'"

The title could also be referring to the kind of terraces on that were availible on airports before, were one could stand and watch the airplanes land and take off. --Blenda Lovelace 14:32, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

I don't remember it being an airport terminal. I remember it being an actual jetty. In 12 Monkeys it's an airport terminal. I'm taking "Terminal" out for now. --Chinasaur 05:20, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

It is in an airport, but it is also an actual jetty. --Chinasaur 05:22, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hitchcock's Vertigo reference

Please mentioned which scene from Vertigo is referenced in La Jetee. Thanks. Splashprince 04:40, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

I didn't make the original comment in the article, but I assume it is the scene in Big Basin with the redwood trees (Madeleine points to the tree rings and says, roughly, "here I was born, and here I died"). In Jetee, there is a scene in the museum with a big redwood tree slice. Chris Marker mentions the connection between his scene and the Hitchcock movie in Sans Soleil. This is also the scene from Vertigo that appears in 12 Monkeys. --Chinasaur

Chinasaur, thanks for that. I now remember the scene in Vertigo where Madeleine points to the tree rings. It is similar to the scene in which the protagonist La Jetee does the same. I might add something brief about this in the article, in case some readers start to wonder. Cheers. Splashprince 14:06, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

I did. it was written like this:

• A scene in La Jetée (San Francisco area forest) is an explicit reference to Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 Vertigo film (which is the adaptation of D'entre Les Morts, a 1954 French novel, by Boileau-Narcejac).

ever watched Vertigo? the tree rings scene dammit! its about the relation between people and time. this scene is even portrayed on screen in Twelve Monkeys when Bruce Willis is in the theater. this is is key scne why did you removed this form the article? Paris By Night 19:24, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 04:34, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Talk about airplanes: Huh?

How is this:

When air flight was first introduced, airplanes would taxi up to a concrete walkway build onto the runway that was at the level of the entryway to the plane. As planes changed over time, airports were forced to change to movable walkways and staircases to accommodate ever increasing diversity.

relevant to anything related to this movie? Does the title of the slideshow ah I mean movie mean airplane walkway? Meaning is the translation of "la jetee" believed to refer to a (water) pier or the walkway used to board a plane? And if it is, can we just say that and not get into the history of airplane boarding (especially since this snippet, out of context, is of negligible value)? Too, the end of the last sentence (in the passage above) makes no sense. What exactly is "ever increasing [sic] diversity"? Are we now using politically correct language when referring to changes in commercial-airline boarding policy?

However -- don't bother rewording just that one sentence, because I'm inclined to remove the entire passage unless someone can tell me why anything about airplanes is even in this article.

Sugarbat 02:17, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DVD Releases

The first bullet point states that the dvd is only available in region 2. Two sentences later, it states that the DVD is now available in region 1 (Criterion). Shouldn't both statements simply be removed? Kwyjibear 00:55, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Yes, Kwyjibear, you are right; we can make do without these specifics about which regional setting etc. without compromising the article at all. Go ahead and rectify. Thanks. AppleJuggler 13:22, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Camera used

"The stills were taken with a Pentax 24x36" This is the standard frame size for a 35mm camera, no one calls it a 24x36. BebopBob (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 04:20, 28 May 2008 (UTC)