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L'année dernière à Marienbad (1961)
Goodness only knows
The saving graces of this film are the cinematography and the unresolved, multiple - possible - narratives. The second element here is, essentially, the problem: the refusal of the film to commit itself to any definite, or semi-definite narrative renders the whole thing relatively meaningless and wholly pretentious. The 'robotic' figures of another viewer's comments are nothing more than pseudo-attempts at replicating lack of energy and semi- dream like reality: a clichéd response to a post modern world if ever there was one. The acting is sub-human, with little or no attempt to convey emotion or interaction. Whilst some may argue that this is precisely the point, the counter-argument here is that non-emotion/ non-interaction is a feeble and flimsy comment on the world, which fails to convince or explore anything with any meaning. Don't waste your time seeing this trite nonsense.