Product Description A cornerstone of the French New Wave, the first feature from Alain Resnais (Last Year at Marienbad) is one of the most influential films of all time. A French actress (Amour's Emmanuelle Riva) and a Japanese architect (Woman in the Dunes' Eiji Okada) engage in a brief, intense affair in postwar Hiroshima, their consuming mutual fascination impelling them to exorcise their own scarred memories of love and suffering. With an innovative flashback structure and an Academy Award-nominated screenplay by novelist Marguerite Duras (India Song), Hiroshima mon amour is a moody masterwork that delicately weaves past and present, personal pain and public anguish. Review A cornerstone of the French New Wave, the first feature from Alain Resnais (Last Year at Marienbad) is one of the most influential films of all time. A French actress (Amour’s Emmanuelle Riva) and a Japanese architect (Woman in the Dunes’ Eiji Okada) engage in a brief, intense affair in postwar Hiroshima, their consuming mutual fascination impelling them to exorcise their own scarred memories of love and suffering. With an innovative flashback structure and an Academy Award–nominated screenplay by novelist Marguerite Duras (India Song), Hiroshima mon amour is a moody masterwork that delicately weaves past and present, personal pain and public anguish.
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Set Contains: BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES: New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrackAudio commentary by film historian Peter CowieInterviews with director Alain Resnais from 1961 and 1980Interviews with actor Emmanuelle Riva from 1959 and 2003New interview with film scholar François Thomas, author of L’atelier d’Alain ResnaisNew interview with music scholar Tim Page about the film’s scoreRevoir Hiroshima . . . , a 2013 program about the film’s restorationNew English subtitle translationPLUS: An essay by critic Kent Jones and excerpts from a 1959 Cahiers du cinéma roundtable discussion about the film See more
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B**D
Hiroshima mon amour !!
The great French/Japanese classic concerning a love affair between a French actor (Emmanuèle Riva) on a shoot in Hiroshima, and a Japanese architect (Eiji Okada). The movie is enriched by a series of voiceovers that evoke past traumas — the film’s great themes are memory and identity, and the horror and beauty which trauma exacts from these.“A cornerstone film of the French New Wave, Resnais’s first feature is one of the most influential films of all time” (Criterion).The film opens with the experiences of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. As their brief relationship deepens, the story of the actor’s life in occupied France as the lover of a German soldier, as well as her later punishment as a collaborator, is interwoven into the horrors of the bombing:“Director Alain Resnais's images and screenwriter Marguerite Duras's words present the story in a series of searing flashbacks, brief vignettes that sometimes leave the viewer unsure whether the date is 1959 or 1945. This jumbling of time produces a sense of timelessness, of course, but it also impresses one with the contingent nature of reality and, most importantly, truth. The two lovers, knowing their relationship is fleeting, challenge and soothe each other in equal measure, so as to savor every moment they have together” (MOMA).
M**E
A milestone of French and World Cinema
This is a poetic film that has to be classified as cinematic art, perhaps the greatest pure art film ever made. It intertwines two love stories, one in the present and one in the past, with the devastation caused by the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Originally conceived as a documentary, it was transformed into an feature film through the poetry of the screenplay by French novelist, playwright, screenwriter and essayist, Marguerite Duras and the aesthetic structure imposed on the material by the director, Alain Resnais. Without doubt, this is a masterpiece of French and world cinema.
A**R
A truly unforgettable masterpiece.
It is probably the most unforgettable movie I have ever seen; the historical background, the excellent acting, the surrounding atmosphere, the intriguing and pulsating pace, the great cinematography and direction, all came together as if by magic except we all know that great work and effort created that magic, without doubt, a masterpiece.
M**K
A restored classic
The Blu Ray print really makes the movie enjoyable. The scenes of the devastation of Hiroshima are particularly good. The two leads are charismatic and the rapport between them comes across.
M**D
Four Stars
good but a little strange film...
P**E
Great !
A gem..one of my faves!
J**S
Five Stars
One of the great films of all time. Unfortunately the snap-case was cracked when the dvd was delivered.
E**
Five Stars
excellent item
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