I have been wanting to see this ever since I saw the mention in the credits for 12 Monkeys that director Terry Gilliam was inspired by this film. Indeed, the whole strange loop plot thread in which the juvenile Cole witnesses his on death as a time-traveling adult is lifted straight from this montage (it’s not really a motion picture; it’s a series of narrated stills with the exception of one brief shot when the heroine wakes from sleep and blinks for a few frames. Weirdly compelling.

i only watched la jetee in film class.
very interesting.