Marienbad
Americannoun
noun
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On one plane, there’s Hannaford’s film, a kind of dreamy pastiche of European art cinema seemingly inspired in equal parts by Last Year at Marienbad, Persona, and Michelangelo Antonioni.
From The Verge • Nov. 1, 2018
Rondeau selected Alain Resnais' 1961 French classic "Last Year at Marienbad," which screens May 28, because of the way the director used the widescreen frame.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2015
Or you might nominate Last Year at Marienbad instead, in which case I’ll say that you’re privileging obscurantist avant-garde chic over the clarity and classicism of a film about a film remake of the Odyssey.
From Slate • Oct. 29, 2013
A snippet of the “Girl Hunter” ballet from The Band Wagon, with Cyd Charisse vamping Fred Astaire, is played over the lover’s monologue from Last Year at Marienbad.
From Time • Jan. 6, 2012
Franzensbad is frequently resorted to as an after-cure by patients from Carlsbad and Marienbad.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various
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