"Last Year at Marienbad" is a film made in 1961 by Alain Resnais. Greenaway believes this film to be the very first one to explore new ways of telling a story with it use of repetition and formal symbolism. The story is very basic, a man tries to convince a woman that they had an affair last year at the same place they are at now. It's really one of the first postmodern films due to its nonlinear approach and its lack of space and time. The viewer has no idea whether the man is telling the truth or not, and it's not important because we are inside this film and lost and trying to come to conclusions that may be different every time. This film is different every time I watch it and raises more questions than answers. The plot isn't important. The beautiful images and abstract music and dream-like flow expresses an entirely new way of watching movies, at least for me. The characters in the film are representations of our thoughts and feelings. I couldn't find any video for this film so I uploaded stills instead.
Click here to read an analysis of the film by Thomas Beltzer.
"Last Year at Marienbad" is a film made in 1961 by Alain Resnais. Greenaway believes this film to be the very first one to explore new ways of telling a story with it use of repetition and formal symbolism. The story is very basic, a man tries to convince a woman that they had an affair last year at the same place they are at now. It's really one of the first postmodern films due to its nonlinear approach and its lack of space and time. The viewer has no idea whether the man is telling the truth or not, and it's not important because we are inside this film and lost and trying to come to conclusions that may be different every time. This film is different every time I watch it and raises more questions than answers. The plot isn't important. The beautiful images and abstract music and dream-like flow expresses an entirely new way of watching movies, at least for me. The characters in the film are representations of our thoughts and feelings. I couldn't find any video for this film so I uploaded stills instead. Click here to read an analysis of the film by Thomas Beltzer.
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