Product: Hiroshima mon amour [VHS] (1960)
Rating: 5.0
Imperfect masterpiece
Alain Renais experimental approach to the narrative structure of 'Hiroshima mon Amour' is one of the finest efforts in cinema history. Whether or not you believe this movie succeeds - you can only admire the approach and the beautiful cinematography of this - Renais first feature. The theme of forgetting or trying to forget is one of the most thought provoking ways of looking at a society (watch Fassbinder's 'Marriage of Maria Braun' for another brilliant take on this theme). The opening montage of images is very unique and beautiful - as shocking as the opening to Bergman's 'Persona'. Anyway, I would reccomend viewing this one and forming your own opinion - which you will inevittably do.