From Eternal Current Events, a collection of writings by Chris Marker, edited and translated by Jackson B. Smith, and published by Inpatient Press.A Grin without a Cat.In 1946, a 24-year-old Chris Marker—or, as he was briefly known then, Chris Mayor—began writing for the Paris-based magazine Esprit. He remained a regular contributor to the leftist monthly until the early 1950s, around which time he made his first films. Marker’s writings for the magazine traverse genres and forms—stories, poems, essays, and reviews—consistently blurring the lines between fact and fiction while maintaining the distinctive blend of humor and political engagement that viewers of his films know well. Marker’s writing most often appeared in the section of the magazine called the “Journal of Many Voices”: an assemblage of political, social, and cultural commentary in which the musings of many contributors—among them the film critic André Bazin,...
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