Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (94 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1961.
General Note
Booklet includes: "Which year at where?" essay by critic Mark Polizzotti; "So close, so far away and Last year at Marienbad" essay by Alain Robbe-Grillett; "The myth of perfect harmony" by film scholar François Thomas.
General Note
Special features Disc one: Original audio (theatrical run); Restored audio; Restored high-definition digital transfer of the film, supervised and approved by director Alain Resnais; original theatrical trailer and Rialto's rerelease trailer.
General Note
Special features Disc two: "Alain Resnais audio interview"; "Unraveling the enigma: the making of Marienbad" documentary on the making of Last year at Marienbad, featuring interviews with many of Resnais' collaborators; "Ginette Vincendeau on Last year at Marienbad" interview with film scholar Ginette Vincendeau on the history of the film and its many mysteries; "Toute la mémoire du monde" Resnais documentary (1956); "Le chant du styrène" Resnais documentary (1958).
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Sacha Vierny ; music by Francis Seyrig.
Participants/Performers
Giorgio Albertazzi, Delphine Seyrig, Sacha Pitoëff, Françoise Bertin, Luce Garcia-Ville, Helena Kornel, Françoise Spira, Karin Toeche-Mittler, Pierre Barbaud, Wilhelm von Deek, Jean Lanier, Gerard Lorin, Davide Montemuri, Gilles Queant, Gabriel Werner.
Description
X attempts to convince A that they met last year in this same hotel (or maybe it was in a different one). They loved each other, emotionally and physically. She agrees to elope with him and get away from M, her husband (or lover). At the last moment, she refuses (for whatever reason) and asked for a one year postponement. Now, the year has passed and X has come to their agreed rendezvous to take her away. A claims she does not recognize X and does not remember any agreement between them. At first, X is surprised, and he recounts conversations the two of them had, supporting details, relating scenes convincingly. A persists in not remembering, even though X produces a photograph of her as a proof of his claim.
System Details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Language
French dialogue with optional English subtitles.