d sparky
25Mar12
Okay, I've made up my mind. I think I really did enjoy it.
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DT
29Apr13
Baroque defined; also, modernism, couture, ethereality - the definitive floating camera. Beyond the glittering façade and precision editing: Marienbad as limbo for the bourgeois’ eternal languish, without recourse from the suffocating opulence or unfulfilled yearnings. Intensified by its fragmented, weightless procession; cryptically caught between garish recollection and lurid diegesis. In its own unique consciousness, emotionally stunted - without the unleashed passion of Hiroshima, mon amour - but stylistically groundbreaking, and for that: striking detachment.
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Whyte Nite
28Mar13
A spell, a curse, a jinx, an illusion. Last Year at Marienbad is all that and more.
Ace Craven
5Mar13
The only film to outshine The Shining. Dark, spiritual and wonderfully absurd; the story of a place and the pitfalls of chance. A visual and narrative masterpiece. The party from the picture in The Overlook in all its decadent glory. "Ice... would be out of the question."
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Beatrice
22Feb13
"the park of this hotel was a kind of garden a la francaise without any trees or flowers, without any foliage... gravel, stone, marble and straight lines marked out rigid spaces, surfaces without mystery. it seemed, at first glance, impossible to get lost here... down straight paths, between the statues with frozen gestures and the granite slabs, where you were now already getting lost, forever, in the calm night, alone with me."
Shelley
13Feb13
This film displays the best use of black and white film that I've ever seen. One of the most shocking things about this film, for me, is that it seemed to happen so quickly. Time went away from me while watching it. The score will certainly instill anxiety or mild terror in anyone listening to it, yet it stays calm at the same time. I don't know what I watched but I am absolutely captivated. Avant-garde at its best
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K
12Jan13
I'm a huge fan of this film. It grabs your attention so intensely. The strange music makes me to turn the volume way down, but I can also see its value. I think the eerie chill and Poe-esque horror need it. I love how it's so quietly odd. The slow pace is great if you're looking for it or expecting it. I remember that I loved Lawrence of Arabia because I was looking forward to a slow movie.
Gidalte Lúcio
8Jan13
Totally unconventional and avant-garde, with a beautiful cinematography and a minimalist sound editing & stylish raccords. Happened or not? No matter. When we deal with the past, everything becomes vague. Gorgeous!
Polina Milashevskaya
28Nov12
It's a dream if speak about it as the art piece and a huge experiment, which influenced a lot on many subsequent movies if speak about it in terms the whole cinematography. Relax, accept and enjoy
Electrus Amadeus Magnus
21Nov12
Welcome home... Sanitarium. Kurbanı bir sandalyeye bağlayıp filmi izletmek suretiyle bir haftada delirtebilirsiniz. Zevkler ayrılığı babında, bırakınız ilişkiyi, nüfus kağıdından bile çıkarılmak mümkündür.
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Christopher Taylor
16Oct12
Never look at some hypothetical narrative, embrace this film for what it is: an exercise in the elusiveness of memories. Shot beautifully and equally haunting, this film is a classic for your above average moviegoer.
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stoyanov
17Sep12
into something viewers will probably never fully comprehend. But do they really have to? Gorgeous cinematography, the most unusual of acting, and a labyrinth of a story blend
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LifeofFiction
11Sep12
A perfect example of how a film can break from normal conventions. It's cinematic poetry, rather than prose.
TakaAwesome
28Aug12
I didn't fall in love with this like many other cinephiles have. The overbearing score was a big drawback for me unfortunately and the constant voice-over narration from start to finish didn't sit well. Beautifully crafted, but hollow. Not sure if this puzzle is enticing enough to attempt solving. But perhaps the narrative rewards repeat viewings.
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In An Expression Of The Inexpressible
7Aug12
Dat mise en scene, photography, script and camera work! Just wish I've seen it on the big screen :/
Harry Rossi
8Jul12
I watched this again pretty recently. I feel like a damn fool for not recognizing it as the total masterpiece that it is the first time I saw it! Totally raising my rating from a 4 to a 5. The cinematography is perhaps the definition of perfection and the movie is hypnotic, haunting, and beautiful in all the best ways. Must have been in a bad mood first time I saw it cause I loved it so much more the 2nd time around!
Sneerwell
18May12
Such a great camera work. The opposition of light and shadow thrills and mesmerizes and makes every shot a real masterpiece of visual art. As a matter of fact, the form prevails over the plot (still, Rob-Grillet's dialogues are fascinating. But they could have easily be different, and nothing would have changed.)
d sparky
24Mar12
Yikes. I'm not even sure what to think about this film. I imagine this is the sort of thing my friends would find incredibly pretentious. As for me, I haven't quite decided whether it bored me or just made me think in a different way.
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