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Marienbad

American  
[mair-ee-uhn-bad, mar-, mah-ree-uhn-baht] / ˈmɛər i ənˌbæd, ˈmær-, mɑˈri ənˌbɑt /

noun

  1. a spa and resort town in the Czech Republic.


Marienbad British  
/ ˈmærɪənˌbæd, maˈriːənbaːt /

noun

  1. the German name for Mariánské Lázně

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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

Her list included other enigmatic, if less multiplex-friendly, films – L'avventura, The Exterminating Angel, Last Year at Marienbad.

From The Guardian Feb. 7, 2013

He's at Marienbad for a cure, or climbing mountains in the Bernese Oberland.

From A Butterfly on the Wheel by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger

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