Product: Hiroshima mon amour [VHS] (1960)
Rating: 5.0
Remembrance of things past
This is a film about memory, like many of Resnais's films. For me, too, it was one of those milestones that changed the way I look at movies and perhaps altered my view of the world--back when I first saw it in the 1970s. Seeing it now, my admiration is maintained, even if the anti-war message seems a little heavy-handed today. Still, it was this film that prompted me to visit Hiroshima when I had the chance, an experience that oddly enough parallels the movie. Seeing bustling, rebuilt Hiroshima with the knowledge of what happened there--aided by the skeleton of the lone bombed-out building that remains--makes one ponder the "idea" of memory, the need to remember and the need to move on. Anyway... this remains an excellent movie and one long overdue for a major restoration and release on DVD!