Alain Resnais

Alain Resnais, director of 'Hiroshima mon amour' (1959) and 'L'Annee derniere a Marienbad' (1961), has transformed the representation of memory, fantasy and desire in modern cinema. This illuminating introduction to his work, extending from his earliest documentaries to the musical films of the last decade, traces the evolving patterns of his filmmaking, its changing reflections on mortality, guilt, chance and human doubt. Exploring questions of the time-image, of trauma, of the senses, this volume sets Resnais' films in the context of important current debates in film theory, and provides a concise account of critical discussions of his work in France and beyond. Yet it also offers a highly personal and detailed engagement with individual images and scenes in Resnais' films. A passionate and partial defence of Resnais' work, old and new, this volume stands apart in its attention to the more tangible and moving pleasures of his films, their pathos, rigour and visual beauty.


Author: Emma Wilson
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 10/01/2009
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.48d
ISBN: 9780719064074

About the Author
Emma Wilson is Reader in Contemporary French Literature and Film at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.