thoughts on the use of photography in film

Thoughts on the Use of Photography in Film
We have seen two films which have made use of the photographs: Sokurov’s Elegy from Russia and Marker’s La Jetée. These two films, however, differ in the way they employ photographs, in several ways.
Photography constitutes only a part – though large – of Sokurov’s film whereas Marker’s film is based on still images (actually, La Jetée is a “photoroman by Chris Marker”, as stated in the credits of the film). Sokurov uses photographs as documents to depict the historical background in which the dying old man lived. On the other hand, Marker uses photographs as a narrative element.
I believe photographs are sometimes – if not most of the time – more effec...