#196: RESNAIS, Alain: Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
RESNAIS, Alain (France)
Hiroshima Mon Amour [1959]
Spine #196
DVD
DVD
A cornerstone of French cinema, Alain Resnais' first feature is one of the most influential films of all time. A French actress (Emmanuelle Riva) and a Japanese architect (Eiji Okada) engage in a brief, intense affair in postwar Hiroshima, their consuming fascination impelling them to exorcise their own scarred memories of love and suffering. Utilizing an innovative flashback structure and an Academy Award-nominated screenplay by novelist Marguerite Duras, Resnais delicately weaves past and present, personal pain and public anguish, in this moody masterwork.
90 minutes
Black & White
Black & White
Monaural
in French
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2003
Director/Writers
Screenplay and dialogue by Marguerite Duras.
Alain Resnais was 37 when he directed Hiroshima Mon Amour.
Other Resnais films in the Collection:
#197: Night And Fog (1955)
#478: Last Year At Marienbad (1961)
#824: Muriel, Or The Time Of The Return (1963)
The Film
Other Resnais films in the Collection:
#197: Night And Fog (1955)
#478: Last Year At Marienbad (1961)
#824: Muriel, Or The Time Of The Return (1963)
The Film
Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Thirty-two page booklet featuring an essay by Kent Jones; a round-table discussion with Eric Rohmer, Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Jean Domarchi, Pierre Kast, and Jacques Rivette; About the Composer: Giovanni Fusco by Russell Lack; and Portrait of the Japanese and Portrait of the French Woman by Duras.
Commentary
By film historian Peter Cowie.
Interviews
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Thirty-two page booklet featuring an essay by Kent Jones; a round-table discussion with Eric Rohmer, Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Jean Domarchi, Pierre Kast, and Jacques Rivette; About the Composer: Giovanni Fusco by Russell Lack; and Portrait of the Japanese and Portrait of the French Woman by Duras.
Commentary
By film historian Peter Cowie.
Interviews
With director Resnais and actress Riva.
Video interview
Video interview
With Riva.
Excerpts
Excerpts
From Duras’ screenplay annotations, narrated over clips from the film.
Isolated music and effects track
Extras Rating (0-40):
Isolated music and effects track
Extras Rating (0-40):
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