Friday 29 May 2020

Sans Soleil: The Text (1983)

Sans Soleil (1983)
Author: Chris Marker | Page Count: N/A

As far as I know, the script for Chris Marker's San Soleil isn't available to purchase in physical book form.

However, the full text is freely available online. I've recreated it with additional formatting, for anyone that might wish to read it. The picture used is for illustrative purposes only, not an actual printed cover. The text is presented in full below the cut.

It's technically a film script but it more closely resembles a work of dramatic prose, with no footnotes, directions or shooting instructions to get in the way of the narrative flow.

It's probably beneficial to view the film before reading the text so that you can picture the imagery that Marker chose to complement each section with. But if your memory chooses to illustrate the missing visuals with something more personal, that's okay, too.