"Last Year at Marienbad" Essay

Madyson 2022-04-19 09:02:37

The French New Wave Left Bank has a very strong literary foundation. The slow motion of the opening scene is accompanied by repeated narration and depressing background music. The frozen characters under the camera are expressionless and incompetent, and the poetic experiment, surreal and gloomy tone fills the film. "Even then, I was waiting for you, for someone who would never come back." The splendid interior decoration contrasts with the false indifference of the heart.

A group of people standing and turning around and shooting is so handsome! We are lost on this labyrinthine road... The descriptive narration of the details of the house objects sets the tone of the film's broken, numb, desolate and cold. Is the feeling of déjà vu a real reality or a strong fantasy? The environment constructed by the film may be the hearts of our directors and everyone. There are all kinds of people in the gorgeous space. We can choose people to shut up and keep quiet, and choose the people we want to know. .

The woman's white feather coat thought of "Eight and a Half". The use of multiple mirrors, the silent and indifferent group portrait of the male protagonist when recalling, the black and white accelerated flashback, the selective and prominent ambient sound (the sound of the card being issued, the sound of breaking the cup, the sound of the clock turning, the laughter of the woman), the laughter of the woman lying down in bed Multiple stacks of hugging shots, a trick to a card game, a final high-exposure tracking shot across a promenade, a massive indoor stream of consciousness sitcom?

I'm here at the appointed time, and I'll go with you when you leave...

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  • [X wanders through the hotel's corridors cataloging items he sees]

    X: Empty salons. Corridors. Salons. Doors. Doors. Salons. Empty chairs, deep armchairs, thick carpets. Heavy hangings. Stairs, steps. Steps, one after the other. Glass objects, objects still intact, empty glasses. A glass that falls, three, two, one, zero. Glass partition, letters.

  • X: I must have you alive. Alive, as you have already been every evening, for weeks, for months.

    A: I have never stayed so long anywhere.

    X: Yes, I know. I don't care. For days and days. Why don't you still want to remember anything?

    A: You're raving! I'm tired, leave me alone!