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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Alain Resnais |
| Stars: |
Delphine Seyrig |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Romances · Mysteries · France · French · Mystery · Thriller |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Available Formats: |
DVD |
| UPC: |
020215955537 |
| Release Date: |
1961 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 33min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
French |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: 2-Disc Set/Criterion Collection, 1hr 34min
Release Company: Image Entertainment, Inc. (June 23, 2009)
UPC: 715515046213 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 33min |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Alain Robbe-Grillet |
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Professional Reviews
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(02/01/2008, Kevin Thomas): "LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD remains one of cinema's glorious enigmas, endlessly compelling and intriguing. It is a beautiful film..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
In Alain Resnais's masterwork, L'ANNIEE DERNIHRE @ MARIENBAD, each fantasy-laden, heavily dramatized, aesthetically perfect scene is dictated by the memories of a man (Giorgio Albertazzi), who is one of many elegant, aristocratic guests vacationing at the enchanting resort, Marienbad. Because the story consists of foggy memories that may or may not be accurate, the film unrolls like a repetitious dream. In the opening sequences, the man describes the immensity and silence of the lavishly decorated baroque hotel as the camera roams its empty hallways. Soon after, the hotel guests appear, assembled for a theater production inside the hotel. Like the actors in the play, the characters in the film make it obvious that they are also playing established roles and reciting lines. Sometimes they simply pose as the camera passes over them, while at other times, they stand like statues, trying to remember what happened last year. They amuse themselves with parlor games, ballroom waltzes, target practice in the sh... |
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