If I Had Four Dromedaries

Composed entirely of still photographs shot by Marker himself over the course of his restless travel through twentysix countries If I Had Four Dromedaries stages a probing at times agitated search for the meanings of the photographic image in the form of an extended voiceover conversation and debate between the amateur photographer credited with the images and two of his colleagues Anticipating later writings by Roland Barthes and Susan Sontag who professed her admiration for the film If I Had Four Dromedaries reveals Markers instinctual understanding of the secret rapport between still and moving image