Chris Marker Interview Notes:

e are moments when I remember I am not alone, and that's when I fall apart. The
exponential growth of stupidit and vulgarit is something that everone has noti!ed, but
it's not "ust a vague sense of disgust # it's a !on!rete $uantifiable fa!t %ou !an measure
it b the volume of the !heers that greet the talk#show hosts, whi!h have grown b an
alarming number of de!ibels in the last five ears& and a !rime against humanit. Not to
mention the permanent aggressions against the 'ren!h language. . . . (nd sin!e ou are
exploiting m )ussian pen!hant for !onfession, I must sa the worst: I am allergi! to
!ommer!ials. In the earl *ixties, making !ommer!ials was perfe!tl a!!eptable+ now,
it's something that no one will own up to. I !an do nothing about it. This manner of
pla!ing the me!hanism of the lie in the servi!e of praise has alwas irritated me, even if I
have to admit that this diaboli!al patron has o!!asionall given us some of the most
beautiful images ou !an see on the small s!reen %have ou seen the ,avid -n!h
!ommer!ial with the blue lips.&. /ut !ni!s alwas betra themselves, and there is a
small !onsolation in the industr's own terminolog: the stop short of !alling themselves
0!reators,0 so the !all themselves 0!reatives.0
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