Product: Hiroshima mon amour [VHS] (1960)
Rating: 5.0
Just a great film
It is heavily montage so a great deal of the film unfolds and you feel that it is being very quick and efficient with it's time and story. At the same time, the dialogue and story that's being told seem to take their time, it's an interesting artistic choice. The film seems absurdist at times because we don't know what to believe. In the beginning the two lovers speak, but it's more a amicable verbal battle. The female declares something and the male denies it. In a way, that's the entire film and possibly a dissection of human relationships, but it's definitely a representation of how people come to grips with the tragedy that ended WW II. I heard this film came about originally posed as a specifically documentary short film, similar to Resnais previous film, Night and Fog. This film is just as anit-war, but is far more complex. I can't get into it right now, but if you'd like see what I mean check it out. It's certainly an intriguing film even after you've seen it.