Similarities of the Time Travel concept with another movie

[sevenhundredandthirteen]

Hello Griffin782002 here:
>  
> Yesterday, a T.V. channel in my country broadcasted a movie which 
made me to think that J.K.R. might have taken the idea of time 
travel from this particular film.
> Well, the movie was 'The twelve monkeys'. I have watched a couple 
of times before, but I haven't made any considerations before the 
release of the P.o.A. movie. 

Laurasia (me) replies:

Did you know '12 Monkeys' is based on the French movie 'La Jetée' 
which was made in 1962? 'La Jetée' tells the story of a boy who 
witnesses his own death at an airport the very day before the world 
is destroyed and later on in life travels back to the same time in 
order to find help for the destroyed world. He ends up falling in 
love with a woman from the past. It is, effectively, the same plot. 
In 'La Jetée,' however, the 'cure' is found from the future, not
the 
past. Also 'La Jetée' is a short film so '12 Monekys' added in the 
other plots surrounding Brad Pitt's character.

I'd recommend 'La Jetée' to anyone. It is shot in black and white 
still frames (that is, no movement... Just a montage of beautiful 
photos with a narrator telling the story). It also deals with the 
ideas of time travel in better ways- that is, when the man reaches 
the future, he tells them they *must* help, or else how is it that 
they are all still alive? In order for them to be alive and happy, 
they must have sent aid back to the past, so that society can grow.

Link about the movie:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056119/

~<(Laurasia)>~