Influence and Legacy
Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys (1995) was inspired by, and takes several concepts directly from, La jetée. In 1996, Zone Books released a book which reproduced the film's original images along with the script in both English and French. It was re-released in 2008, but is now out of print. The 2003 short film, La puppé, is both an homage to and a parody of La jetée. The video for Sigue Sigue Sputnik's 1989 single "Dancerama" is also an homage to La jetée. The film is one of the influences in the video for David Bowie's "Jump They Say" (1993). The music video for Isis's "In Fiction", from 2004's Panopticon, drew comparisons with La jetée. The song "Last Night at the Jetty" by Panda Bear has lyrics inspired by the themes of the film. The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) also takes inspiration in the relationship between the woman and the time traveller. In 2010, Time ranked La Jetée first in its list of "Top 10 time-travel movies". ` Kode9 (music), in collaboration with Ms. Haptic (narration) and MFO (images) created an homage (remix) of La jetée in 2011, for the Unsound Festival. The plot of the homage centers around the woman instead of the man.
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