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Felipe Tringoni Arra
20Sep11
À época, os modernos desvinculavam sua linguagem do teatro e da literatura. Resnais vai na direção oposta com Duras e, na linhagem de Welles, fricciona tempos narrativos, som e imagem, passado e presente. Assim como Kane é o homem irrepresentável, Hiroshima é o fato irrepresentável. Mas tendo a concordar com Rhomer: 'Resnais abriu portas que não levam a lugar nenhum'.
Francisco R.
31Aug11
It's truly something of a genius what Resnais did here, combining his everlasting documentary interests with a dramatic twist, the result achieves a wondrous impact of both reminiscing history and these thoughts we wish to forget but never seem to go away.
quitepeculiar
22Apr11
Quite liked this one. I thought there were a lot of good musings regarding love and its powerful-yet-transient nature.
In An Expression Of The Inexpressible
17Apr11
Yeah, sometimes it feels over-acted and theatrical, also their relationship is a bit too dramatic, but the atmosphere and shots are just breathtaking! I love his sensitivity and the subtile critic of war through the psychological problems of individuals. And the opening sequence is one of my favourite!
Poughkeepsie
1Mar11
A Frenchwoman's and Japanese man's memories of pain and loss are interwoven into their conversation. Resnais' documentarian sensibilities provide powerful and stirring images of post-war Hiroshima. The opening sequence is particularly affecting. The film is straight up emotional. From pain, anger and hate to lust, passion and love, it's a movie that stirs up emotions and asks you feel along w/ the characters.
rorydean
28Oct10
A film that speaks several languages and all complex, emotional, and deeply contemporary in any era - the sort of film you don't watch as much as you experience with lush and evocative visuals and a haunting quality that very often reaches deep inside the viewer and demands their attention, their absolute commitment to memory and time woven into a tapestry of images that will not fade from memory any time soon.
Rina
11Aug10
I feel like I ought to love this but to be honest Hiroshima, Mon Amour doesn't do anything for me. Well, it does feature interesting aspects and one has to acknowledge the use of flashback techniques, still the characters do not intrigue me. I can't sense their romance. There is so much poetry, so much symbolism but for me most of it feels exaggerated, cold, sterile and monotonous. I expected more from this. Too bad.
House of Leaves
27Jun10
Many other films explore other important aspects of the war, but when you come down to it--war is death. No single event represents that better than the destruction of Hiroshima. The film IS humanity, beautiful and terrible in its honesty.
Franklinton Underground Cinema
9Jun10
Hypnotizing. Well conceived and executed. Maybe a bit overt in it's symbolism, especially when spelled out for the audience at the end, but obviously very poignant.
johnnyd
24May10
A beautiful exploration of personal and universal memory. The woman mentions the horror of forgetting (love and the bomb), and Resnais plays with this idea throughout. I really like how the past and present collide, both in the language of the characters and the purely cinematic way the film is cut. The story is decentralized; either of the woman's love stories can be taken as the present.
NB_Criterion_Fan
18Apr10
Reminiscent of Lean's "Brief Encounter", this tragic story concerns two married people who begin an affair in Hiroshima. Both are woefully haunted by the effects of World War II, and the fact their relationship can't last makes the film very poignant. Don't miss it.
Arctvrvs
15Jan10
maybe I don't love film enough to hear melodramatic rambling for an hour and a half and enjoy it. I can understand why It's on Criterion and so well regarded, but personally I could not stand this movie. The relationship seemed more like two teenagers passing notes to each other than anything legitimate. maybe I'm missing the point entirely, but oh well