Who’da thunk a boy born to a family of engineers and scientists would later become a writing and filmmaking genius. Beginning as a novel writer, and entering the film world with, somewhat of a bang, he wrote the screenplay to Last Year in Marienbad (1961, Alain Resnais). It’s evident to any fan of Robbe-Grillet fan as to why he moved to directing. It’s been said by Resnais himself that Robbe-Grillet “delivered a screenplay so detailed, down to indications of soundtrack and camera...