Chris Marker thread 
Olympia 52: Like even most Chris Marker die-hards, I haven't had the opportunity properly to see this documentary about the 1952 Olympics, his first film. But just two weeks ago, a terribly transferred (but more or less audible) copy appeared in Youtube:
More edifying is @JulienFaraut's documentary about the documentary, A New Look at Olympia 52. Based in part on correspondence with the man himself, it gets into Marker's reasons for never re-releasing the film, and the challenges he faced in production.
A "Cold War Olympics" proved a suitable subject for the young Marker to exercise his already-present impatience with ideology, at least implicitly, as well as his penchant for turning limitations to his advantage by making unconventional choices about what material to include.
Without a permit to shoot on the field, for instance, he had to do so from the stands. But this let him capture the spectator's perspective, then encouraged him to turn the spectators into the main attraction. (It also prompted him to learn the Finnish imperative for "sit down.")
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