Opens March 7, restored 35mm print: http://filmlinc.com/newreleases
Alain Resnais's enduring cinematic puzzle, Last Year at Marienbad, won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1961. Since then, it has consistently mystified, hypnotized, and ensorcelled audiences everywhere. Its setup is simple, its existence is not. A man and a woman meet at an elegant chateau. Have they met before or is this the first time? Is the meeting real or is it imagined?