Comments on: Chris Marker’s Grinning Cat

By: keelsetter

keelsetter — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:40:48 +0000

Gotta love those furry little buddies… On my to-read list is LAST WORDS: THE FINAL JOURNALS OF WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS. It was given to me by a friend who said that it took a while for him to figure out that all these characters Burroughs was writing about in his journals were actually his cats. They might not be able to talk in human terms, but they clearly have a lot of personality.

By: Medusa

Medusa — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:59:23 +0000

Thanks for bringing this film to my attention! I just watched a short preview on YouTube and will have to find the whole thing soon!

I’m sure Ollie appreciates the colonic, too! As a fellow cat-lover — 4 plus a nice stray tom who comes by every three or four days and stays for a few days, on his rounds! — I know it’s money well spent. Best wishes to Ollie and Chief from my Nova Scotia brood!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:34:03 +0000

That image of the cat is also reminiscent of a similar icon used by British band Radiohead, although they rounded the ears and called it a bear, but the similarity is striking.

By: Klankabop

Klankabop — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:09:53 +0000

Thanks for this, keelsetter! Chris Marker has probably been on my mind more than any other filmmaker in the past couple of years. It didn’t hurt that I was able to see Sans Soleil on a big screen at the Film Forum in that time. Compassionate and insightful inquiry has a much needed role in the world these days. This is precisely the gift that he (along with Guillaume-en-egypte) has given us.