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Fort, I'm surprised you haven't posted this one yet!
One of the best films I have ever seen is finally getting the Criterion treatment:  Last Year at Marienbad (1961) Not just a defining work of the French New Wave but one of the great, lasting mysteries of modern art, Alain Resnais’ epochal Last Year at Marienbad (L’année dernière à Marienbad) has been puzzling appreciative viewers for decades. Written by radical master of the New Novel Alain Robbe-Grillet, this surreal fever dream, or nightmare, gorgeously fuses the past with the present in telling its ambiguous tale of a man and a woman (Giorgio Albertazzi and Delphine Seyrig) who may or may not have met a year ago, perhaps at the very same cathedral-like, mirror-filled château they now find themselves wandering. Unforgettable in both its confounding details (gilded ceilings, diabolical parlor games, a loaded gun) and haunting scope, Resnais’ investigation into the nature of memory is disturbing, romantic, and maybe even a ghost story. (-From Criterion) -New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Alain Resnais (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition) -New audio interview with Resnais, recorded exclusively for this release -New documentary on the making of Last Year at Marienbad, featuring interviews with many of Resnais’ collaborators -New video interview with film scholar Ginette Vincendeau on the history of the film and its many mysteries -Two short documentaries by Resnais: Toute la mémoire du monde (1956) and Le chant du styrène (1958) -Original theatrical trailer and Rialto’s rerelease trailer -New and improved English subtitle translation -PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Mark Polizzotti and a section on Alain Robbe-Grillet’s evolving attitude toward the film, including the author’s introduction to the published screenplay and comments by film scholar François Thomas June 23rd
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May 05, 2009 Releases
ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES: Brett Kelly Entertainment In a small town, the silence is shattered by a rash of disappearances at the swamp near the old deserted factories. Bodies are being discovered with no blood left in their bodies. It s up to a park ranger and the town sheriff to discover what ungodly creature is responsible for these deaths. It s only a matter of time before they discover that what they seek are Leeches that have grown to unbelievable size. We bleed- they feed! THE BONE SNATCHER: First Look  When Dr. Zack Straker, a field research scientist, unearths the skinned bodies of three missing prospectors, Zack discovers that he and his team are being hunted by millions of creatures that have united into one unstoppable killing machine. As darkness descends, the ground they stand on becomes a living carpet capable of devouring their flesh with every step. Hell has been unleashed. With no clues to investigate the massacre, Alex must find a way to stop them before it's too late. ECOUTE LE TEMPS (aka FISSURES): Koch Lorber  Charlotte, a sound engineer and loner, travels to her mother’s house in the countryside to help with arrangements after her mother is murdered. Once there, she realizes that she knows very little about her mother's life in this strange village. Frustrated by a lack of progress by the police investigation, Charlotte begins to use her sound equipment to carry out her own investigation. While listening to a fresh recording she made in her mother's house, Charlotte discovers a strange phenomenon; sounds from the past blend in with sounds from the present. Soon she is piecing together the last days and hours of her mother's life, drawing every closer to discovering who killed her, even as the murderer returns to try and kill Charlotte before they are discovered. THE 8TH PLAGUE: Celebrity Launa is obsessed with investigating the disappearance of her sister who has not returned from a recent camping trip in the mountain town of Halcyon Springs. The search leads to an abandoned prison where Launa and her friends are exposed to an ancient evil that the stone walls of Halcyon Ridge can no longer hold back. Relentless terror, gore, and bone-chilling thrills are unleashed on anyone whose soul is exposed to this demonic curse. END OF THE LINE: Critical Mass  Karen, a young psychiatric nurse, boards the last subway train of the night only to have it stop in the middle of the tunnel. Suddenly, her nightmare begins: a mysterious cult has decided that it's the end of the world and the only way to save the souls of the living is to kill them in cold blood. As those around her are brutally murdered, Karen and a handful of survivors must face the homicidal cult, supernatural forces and their own fears of Armageddon in order to survive. FRANKENHOOD: Lionsgate Motown and Darius work in a morgue, trading put-downs and toiling among the most undemanding of customers. But outside of their decidedly dreary jobs, the two dream of bigger and better things. If only they could win the $25,000 prize that will go to the winners of the upcoming 3-on-3 Streetball Tournament. One night, having been demoted to graveyard shift, they run into their semi-sane colleague Franklin in a dark alley outside the morgue. They find Franklin using the auto battery of Motown’s precious Gremlin to bring to life a monstrous dead man whose heart Franklin has just replaced. That 3-on-3 basketball tournament isn’t looking so bad...if they can just get their new mutant friend to play basketball! FROM A PLACE OF DARKNESS: Celebrity There can be a fine line between good and evil. Documentary filmmaker, Miles Cody, ends up crossing that line when he becomes obsessed with his subject: the King of Snuff Films and delves into a world of nudity, forbidden sex and...VIOLENT CLIMAXES. Miles soon discovers the ghosts of those films have returned to warn him...or lure him into...a place of darkness. HELLBRIDE: Jinx Media Everything is working out for Nicole Meadows. She has a great job. She has an adoring boyfriend who has just proposed. She has a doting father who is preparing the wedding. She also has a dark secret. And a cursed engagement ring. Come the wedding day, there will be bloodshed. But at least there will be cake, too. THE HOUSE OF THE DEMON: Celebrity  It's Halloween, the biggest party night of the year. A group of college friends won't let the university's new ban on parties spoil their plans. Charlie has just inherited his recently deceased uncle's abandoned house on the outskirts of town. What is supposed to be a night of good, clean, Halloween fun becomes an outrageous nightmare of demonic possession, as each of the hapless teens discover what is inside The House of the Demon! MUM & DAD: Revolver/Image  One of the most disturbing shockers to emerge in recent years, "Mum & Dad" will leave the toughest horror fan gasping in shock. When Lena, a young Polish immigrant working as an airport office cleaner, misses her last bus home, she accepts an offer of help from friendly co-worker Birdie, who lives nearby with her "adoptive" parents. Knocked unconscious after arriving at the house, Lena soon finds herself imprisoned in a suburban house of horrors, a living nightmare of torment and terror. Designated a "Mommy's Girl," Lena's only options appear to be becoming part of the insane family -- or dying. RISE OF THE SCARECROWS: X Posse/Tempe Big city cop Officer Brown has moved to Adams, a small town in the middle of nowhere. With less crime and less stress, Brown plans to live a quiet life, but all is not what it seems. Adams is the sort of town that you can visit but never leave. Bodies are piling up, people begin to disappear, and only Officer Brown can uncover the horrible truth that is THE RISE OF THE SCARECROWS! SCARCE: Critical Mass Returning from a snowboarding weekend, three friends take shelter from a sudden winter storm in an isolated cabin. But while waiting out the weather, they are stalked, one by one, by the cabin's demented owners. These locals specialize in curing of meat but this time, there is more than venison on the menu. The weekenders find themselves fighting more that the cold; soon they are fighting for their very lives. SLAUGHTER: Celebrity Slaughter is the feature film debut of writer and director Dan Martin and takes horror back to its nasty, gritty and often tongue in cheek rootsd of the 1970's and 80's. The film follows escaped mental patient David Ward as he hides in his derelict caravan spending his days hiding from the police and doctors and filming himself raping and murdering while police slowly discover his crimes and get closer to him.
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Just saw that Blue Underground will be putting out another classic giallo:
Sergio Martino's Torso:  "A series of sex murders shock a college campus, and four beautiful young girlfriends head for the safety of an isolated country villa. But as they succumb to their own erotic desires, their weekend of pleasure becomes a vacation to dismember at the hands - and blade - of the lecherous maniac. Directed by Sergio Martino (MOUNTAIN OF THE CANNIBAL GOD) and starring Suzy Kendall (THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE) and Tina Aumont (SALON KITTY), this Euro Horror chiller was originally released in America with much of its controversial violence removed by censors. Now fully restored from the original negative materials, TORSO is presented completely uncut and uncensored on DVD." http://blue-underground.com/product.php?product=174
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@alkytrio & fortunato
So just how French New Wave is Last Year at Marienbad? It sounds like it could be interesting, but I just hate French New Wave. I just find it so boring and frustrating to watch. I've also been known to fall asleep during them.
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Last Year at Marienbad, to me, really had the feel of early surrealism, like (I linked the videos in case you want to check any of these out): Buñuel's L'age D'or (1929) Kirsanoff's Ménilmontant (1926) Epstein's Fall of the House of Usher (1928) I'll go out on a limb and say that even though you don't care for the regular French New Wave stuff, you could still enjoy this a lot. Haha, although when you say "boring and frustrating watch", that's kind of exactly what Last Year at Marienbad is. I mean, not boring, but it's really slow-paced, and it can certainly be frustrating to watch as it doesn't try to give you any answers. So I don't know, but I would recommend at least taking a chance on it.
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I'm going to go out on a limb Papillon and guess that what you dislike about typical new wave are the characters, or the way they're (not clearly) developed? For instance, have you seen Breathless? I have a friend who can't stand Godard or Trouffout because of their simultaneous detachment and dependence on character, the way we're forced to observe them as objects but the film's message often relies on some kind of emotional attachment to them.
Last Year at Marienbad is less about who the characters are and more about a collective human consciousness, the bizzareness of memory, the frailty of human relationship. I would agree with Fotunato that what Resnais is drawing on for 'Marienbad' is something far older and more complex than new wave tradition, something more along the lines of surrealism. What's interesting here is that surrealism is stretched and shaken to be less about distorting reality and more about understanding its delicacy. I would encourage you to give the film a try- it is a bit slow-moving, but its never dull. At an hour-and-a-half, your mind will be plenty busy trying to figure out the strange puzzles of the film. As a plus, I'd even go so far as to call it a pseudo-horror film; it toys around with the ideas of ghosts (these ghosts are much more real, though) and there are wicked surprises found as the story unfolds.
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