An intriguing and extraordinarily beautiful film. I don't think I've ever seen any movie toy with time and space so freely. It speaks volumes about the nature, the texture, of romance in all its stages. I also got a bit of a Jean Renoir vibe from it, a mockery of bourgeois customs and attitudes.

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Alain Resnais reminds us that form is emptiness, emptiness is form, and life is a mystery.

Do the events in Last Year at Marienbad occur in anything close to a linear fashion? Do some of them occur at all? This film is so enigmatic and mysterious that it's impossible to make any firm conclusions about what happens. It toys with conventions so freely, creating reverie from its mystery and detachment. Without any certainty of what really happens, everything becomes a possibility, and working through the various theories of the film is nearly as rewarding as watching it.

I was absolutely captivated throughout - I was drawn in, kicked out, moved, scared, awestruck and enchanted. Watching it was like a dream, at moments like a nightmare (a couple moments near the end were extremely unsettling) as it floats through its runtime in no time at all. Its detachment and abstract nature are depending on your viewpoint its greatest strength or its most damning weakness - it can be either the most dense or most vacuous film you'll ever see.

When you google "BS," this should be the first link to come up.

If any movie ever deserved to be described as "dreamlike", it's this one. Its crazy abstractness and open-endedness makes it possible to interpret in a million different ways. My favorite interpretations are (SPOILERS): 1) the people are the statues come to life; and 2) X is aware of the fact that he is in a movie, and is, throughout the course of the film, trying to convince A of this.

Well, there is not as it will hide the strangeness of this movie. For times it becomes tiring with so many repetitions and dialogs in form of puzzle. However there is no way of explaining it how incredible is the set, the movements of camera, the music, the suspense and those words for times brought me shudders... Everything but conventional...

genius. Resnais is the master of monotony and contemplation

Perhaps the ultimate achievement in art of any kind.

recollections of imaginary ghosts in a dreamy mansion. haunted and haunting. love in the infinite regress. beauty, games, jealousy and strife.

89

Much like the matchstick game, if you watch this correctly then you cannot lose.

This film is a paradox. Impenetrable, yet engrossing. Nonsensical, yet there's something with a shred of narrative buried somewhere in there. Obsessive, involving, and completely baffling, this film is a masterpiece.

Pompous baloney. "Providence" is about the only Resnais I can handle.

The thrill ride to end all thrill rides!

Defies description and analysis - the absolute 'art' film. I feel that most of my grudge for French New Wave is in part due to how overlooked Resnais is.

Artsy-faaartsy and very bori.. zzzZZZZz

Filled with (partly frustrating, partly delicious) indistinctness, this dish from Resnais is highly unique and vague in it's poetic expression.

A wonderful dreamlike experience. The visuals are stunning and contribute to the dreamlike feel along with the sudden transitions from place to place that somehow feel smooth and natural, the looping narrative and dialogue that still manages to progress, the soft airy music and the people who seem to only exist when they're necessary.

I don't care how "oneiric" and "groudbreaking" this is, it's completely uninvolving, bored me half to death and the pretentious cinematographic trickery only managed to bore me further. A serious contender for the title of "most boring movie ever made".

The play with light and the camera positioning is a real joy to watch. The sharp cuts, the black/white contrast and the use of mirrors are all great. What happens is a mystery that may not have a solution. There are contradictions, an uncertain timeline and a feeling that none of the characters can be trusted. Trying to figure out this movie is a game you can't win, but it's fun to try.

As far as cold, repetitive "WTF is going on" films go, this one is great.

Sly, enigmatic, beautiful, and haunting. It takes a while to get into the film's rhythm, but it's definitely worth it once you do. The sheer formalism of it is fascinating and unique, but it definitely requires some patience and it does get a bit dry. I kind of wish it had more heart, more signs of tenderness (e.g. the comments made by m to the woman he knows will leave) - moments like that really elevate such an abstract and detached film.

93

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One of cinema's greatest mysteries. It is, for lack of a less cliche phrase, a rich tapestry of self-referential and circular questioning. There is a relentless sense of nostalgia and deja vu. In fact the entire film seems to take the form and tone of a memory, fragmented and uncertain. Resnais demonstrates virtuoso talent behind the camera, guiding the viewer along a gallery of baroque images with mesmerizing finesse.

Good Movie