L'anno scorso a Marienbad

Indelible ’60s Memories

The French filmmaker Alain Resnais, now 87, was an honored presence last month at the Cannes Film Festival, where he presented a new movie, “Wild Grass,” and received a lifetime achievement award in recognition of his long, distinguished career.
Accepting his award in a black-tie ensemble enlivened by a bright red shirt and white running shoes, Mr. Resnais smilingly acknowledged a standing ovation from the crowd, every inch the foxy grandpa.
But there was a time when he was a much more controversial figure, as the excellent new Criterion edition of “Last Year at Marienbad” (1961) reminds us. [...]

di Dave Kehr, articolo completo (5155 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 21 giugno 2009