ultimate pretentious nonsense movie

Not a very good or worthwhile story, but very uniquely and well told.

Unlike others, I cannot see anything beautiful or attractive in this movie other that it is highly pretentious. Maybe these kind of films were groundbreaking in their time, but for my taste they are too artsy.

cold and dry film that confuses me to no end. It seems to be reliant of symbolism and surrealism, which don't work well for me. I feel I should revisit this one; maybe a second watch will make me get into it.

i like this film's intent, however, i do not like this film. but, it does look beautiful.

"The recurring attitude throughout most interpretations of Marienbad is that of sheer interpretation fatigue." - Eric Henderson

Incredibly creative with it's representation of the narrative. Unfortunately, a lot of the film's greatness is undone by the horrendous and unvaried score, which lowers this film from restrained cleverness and contemplativeness to dire pretentiousness.

Months ago I watched this film and from this vantage the film is best critiqued. It has hypnotized itself, from that one viewing, deep into my psyche. Every so often I get transported back to Marienbad. Are we who have seen it, now the guests watching on?

Reminiscent of a David Lynch film. Beautifully photographed and the time shifts are just something else. All the fun is interpretation.

Robbe-Grillet's seductive (or masturbatory) incantations, hypnotically enhanced by a Messiaen-esque organ, drift abstractedly over Resnais's rhythmic images, the mellifluous tracking shots and the jagged cutting, in this eternally beautiful, if no longer fashionable, "puzzle picture," which has to do with powerful (even surrealistic) erotic stirrings in the most frigid, petrified setting

...but the trick with the matches was pretty neat.

Everything you need for a conventional narrative are here - characters, plot, setting(s), just the temporal and spacial elements are askew. Throw in an unreliable protagonist and Marienbad turns into a truly unforgettable cinematic experience

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.

"...but time means nothing."

This is a film that is not meant to be "figured out" or analyzed while viewing. Resnais wants us to simply take in what we see on the screen-- the cuts, the music, the expressions, the repetition. Trying to grasp at convention or derive meaning in the moment will only bring confusion. Last Year at Marienbad is meant to observe the fragility of memory-- not just in its characters, but in ourselves. True avant garde cinema of the highest sort. In the words of Resnais himself-- "just watch it."

A ghostly exercise in mood and tone that provokes philosophical thought throughout. The cinematography and visual design look astonishingly contemporary.

Both elegant and dark, Marienbad is a beautiful movie, with stunning imagery and a dreamy narrative. Perhaps this is the essential movie of the Nouvelle Vague -- and truly the most hermetic and demanding of that movement.

Sublime visual sensibilities, but too distanced and elliptical to be a truly moving or profound cinematic experience.

Hypnotic, beautiful, dreamlike....if you're reading this, it's likely you've heard it all before. Resnais pulls us this way and that, from one year to the next (presumably). It's usually slow, but never methodical - almost like it could burst free at any moment. Some absolutely amazing surreal setpieces.

For 90 minutes, a man wills not only a love interest to accept his version of an affair from last year but his own increasingly rebellious recollection of it to conform to his liking. Who knows whether the girl finally capitulates or not, but as one is barraged with these contradictory fragments -- imagined, buried and unearthed, denied, confirmed, rarely reconciled -- one can sympathize. Its thoughts on memory hauntingly summed up in one piece of dialogue: "I have never stayed so long anywhere"

I'm generally a fan of anything that blurs the lines between fantasy and reality and between real and imagined memories, but this one didn't excite me. It's clearly innovative and its influence on many films I love is very visible, but that doesn't help when it's so boring.

A surrealist's wet dream.

Hafiza ve mekan uzerine inanilmaz bi is. Ilk 10 dakikasi yeni yeni sinemalar acmistir herhalde.

Poetic, influential and timeless mind-bending film.

"This may or may not be terribly boring and annoying art."

On my first viewing of this movie I found it almost insufferable. But by the end I realized I needed that first run-through just to get my bearings, and I watched it again the next day, whereupon it became one of my favourite of the Nouvelle Vague. I don't love the film, but I do love some things about it. I'm still not crazy about some of the conventions of the genre, but this is the first I've seen to really earn them. I might actually have to reevaluate my view of the Nouvelle Vague itself.

A beautiful, labyrinthine mess. The most complex, yet meaningless film I've ever seen.

Beautiful, but I'm going to need to give this another watch.

Nao entendi porra nenhuma.