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The Resource L'Année dernière a Marienbad, Rialto Pictures ; StudioCanal ; Argos Films ; Cineriz ; Cocinor présente ; Pierre Courau et Raymond Froment présentent ; Terra-Film ; Société Nouvelle des Films Cormoran ; Precitel ; Como-Films; Les Films Tamara; Cinetel; Silver-Films; scénario et dialogues, Alain Robbe-Grillet ; réalisation, Alain Resnais

L'Année dernière a Marienbad, Rialto Pictures ; StudioCanal ; Argos Films ; Cineriz ; Cocinor présente ; Pierre Courau et Raymond Froment présentent ; Terra-Film ; Société Nouvelle des Films Cormoran ; Precitel ; Como-Films; Les Films Tamara; Cinetel; Silver-Films; scénario et dialogues, Alain Robbe-Grillet ; réalisation, Alain Resnais

Composer
Interviewee
Producer
Director
Contributor
Summary
  • Feature : "[T]his surreal fever dream, or nightmare, gorgeously fuses the past with the present in telling its ambiguous tale of a man and a woman who may or may not have met a year ago, perhaps at the very same cathedral-like, mirror-filled château they now find themselves wandering. Unforgettable in both its confounding details (gilded ceilings, diabolical parlor games, a loaded gun) and haunting scope, Resnais' investigation into the nature of memory is disturbing, romantic, and maybe even a ghost story." -- Container
  • Toute la mémoire du monde: "A poetic piece about the French national library in Paris and the archiving of memory that looks forward to his later films." -- Disc menu
  • Styrene [aka: Le chant du styrene] : This short film was "shot in the Pechiney polystyrene factories and features boldly abstract color images and voice-over text [written] by Raymond Queneau." -- Disc menu
Language
  • fre
  • eng
  • fre
  • fre
Work
Publication
Edition
Director-approved special ed., widescreen.
Extent
2 videodiscs (94 min.)
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
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1961
Contents
  • Special features: Disc 1: New, restored high-definition digital transfer of the film, supervised and approved by director Alain Resnais ; Original theatrical trailer and Rialto's rerelease trailer
  • Disc 2: New audio interview with Resnais, recorded exclusively for this release ; New documentary on the making of Last year at Marienbad, featuring interviews with many of Resnais' collaborators ; New video interview with film scholar Ginette Vincendeau on the history of the film and its many mysteries ; "Toute la memoire du monde" documentary (1956); "Le chant du styrene" documentary (1958). A booklet featuring an essay by critic Mark Polizzotti and a section on Alain Robbe Grillet's evolving attitude toward the film, including the author's introduction to the published screenplay and comments by film scholar Francois Thomas
Isbn
9781604651577
Instance
Label
L'Année dernière a Marienbad
Title
L'Année dernière a Marienbad
Statement of responsibility
Rialto Pictures ; StudioCanal ; Argos Films ; Cineriz ; Cocinor présente ; Pierre Courau et Raymond Froment présentent ; Terra-Film ; Société Nouvelle des Films Cormoran ; Precitel ; Como-Films; Les Films Tamara; Cinetel; Silver-Films; scénario et dialogues, Alain Robbe-Grillet ; réalisation, Alain Resnais
Title variation
Last year at Marienbad
Contributor
Actor
Cinematographer
Composer
Director
Interviewee
Producer
Screenwriter
Writer of accompanying material
Subject
Genre
Language
  • fre
  • eng
  • fre
  • fre
Summary
  • Feature : "[T]his surreal fever dream, or nightmare, gorgeously fuses the past with the present in telling its ambiguous tale of a man and a woman who may or may not have met a year ago, perhaps at the very same cathedral-like, mirror-filled château they now find themselves wandering. Unforgettable in both its confounding details (gilded ceilings, diabolical parlor games, a loaded gun) and haunting scope, Resnais' investigation into the nature of memory is disturbing, romantic, and maybe even a ghost story." -- Container
  • Toute la mémoire du monde: "A poetic piece about the French national library in Paris and the archiving of memory that looks forward to his later films." -- Disc menu
  • Styrene [aka: Le chant du styrene] : This short film was "shot in the Pechiney polystyrene factories and features boldly abstract color images and voice-over text [written] by Raymond Queneau." -- Disc menu
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Member of
Awards note
Winner, Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival, 1961.
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Images, Sacha Vierny ; montage, Henri Colpi, Jasmine Chasney ; musique, Francis Seyrig
Dewey number
791.4372
Language note
French dialogue with optional English subtitles
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.L37 2009
PerformerNote
Giorgio Albertazzi, Delphine Seyrig, Sacha Pitoëff
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1922-2008.
  • 1922-2014
  • 1919-2001.
  • 1932-1990.
  • 1920-1990.
  • 1959-
  • 1948-
  • 1903-1976
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Courau, Pierre.
  • Froment, Raymond.
  • Robbe-Grillet, Alain
  • Resnais, Alain
  • Vierny, Sacha
  • Albertazzi, Giorgio.
  • Seyrig, Delphine
  • Pitoëff, Sacha
  • Seyrig, Francis.
  • Polizzotti, Mark.
  • Thomas, François
  • Vincendeau, Ginette
  • Queneau, Raymond
  • Rialto Pictures LLC
  • Studio Canal
  • Cocinor (Firm)
  • Argos Films
  • Cineriz (Firm)
  • Terra-Film AG
  • Société Nouvelle des Films Cormoran
  • Precitel (Firm)
  • Como Films
  • Films Tamara
  • Cinétel
  • Silver-Films (Firm)
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
  • Aluminium Péchiney (Firm)
Runtime
94
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
478
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Meetings
  • False memory syndrome
  • Married women
  • Evidence
  • Photographs
  • Plastics industry and trade
  • Bibliothèque nationale (France)
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
L'Année dernière a Marienbad, Rialto Pictures ; StudioCanal ; Argos Films ; Cineriz ; Cocinor présente ; Pierre Courau et Raymond Froment présentent ; Terra-Film ; Société Nouvelle des Films Cormoran ; Precitel ; Como-Films; Les Films Tamara; Cinetel; Silver-Films; scénario et dialogues, Alain Robbe-Grillet ; réalisation, Alain Resnais
Instantiates
Publication
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
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1961
Accompanying material
1 booklet (44 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Special features: Disc 1: New, restored high-definition digital transfer of the film, supervised and approved by director Alain Resnais ; Original theatrical trailer and Rialto's rerelease trailer -- Disc 2: New audio interview with Resnais, recorded exclusively for this release ; New documentary on the making of Last year at Marienbad, featuring interviews with many of Resnais' collaborators ; New video interview with film scholar Ginette Vincendeau on the history of the film and its many mysteries ; "Toute la memoire du monde" documentary (1956); "Le chant du styrene" documentary (1958). A booklet featuring an essay by critic Mark Polizzotti and a section on Alain Robbe Grillet's evolving attitude toward the film, including the author's introduction to the published screenplay and comments by film scholar Francois Thomas
Control code
ocn328784931
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
Director-approved special ed., widescreen.
Extent
2 videodiscs (94 min.)
Isbn
9781604651577
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515046213
Other physical details
sd., b&w
Publisher number
CC1815D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono
Video recording format
DVD
Label
L'Année dernière a Marienbad, Rialto Pictures ; StudioCanal ; Argos Films ; Cineriz ; Cocinor présente ; Pierre Courau et Raymond Froment présentent ; Terra-Film ; Société Nouvelle des Films Cormoran ; Precitel ; Como-Films; Les Films Tamara; Cinetel; Silver-Films; scénario et dialogues, Alain Robbe-Grillet ; réalisation, Alain Resnais
Publication
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
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1961
Accompanying material
1 booklet (44 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Special features: Disc 1: New, restored high-definition digital transfer of the film, supervised and approved by director Alain Resnais ; Original theatrical trailer and Rialto's rerelease trailer -- Disc 2: New audio interview with Resnais, recorded exclusively for this release ; New documentary on the making of Last year at Marienbad, featuring interviews with many of Resnais' collaborators ; New video interview with film scholar Ginette Vincendeau on the history of the film and its many mysteries ; "Toute la memoire du monde" documentary (1956); "Le chant du styrene" documentary (1958). A booklet featuring an essay by critic Mark Polizzotti and a section on Alain Robbe Grillet's evolving attitude toward the film, including the author's introduction to the published screenplay and comments by film scholar Francois Thomas
Control code
ocn328784931
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
Director-approved special ed., widescreen.
Extent
2 videodiscs (94 min.)
Isbn
9781604651577
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515046213
Other physical details
sd., b&w
Publisher number
CC1815D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono
Video recording format
DVD

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