{"id":2388,"date":"2014-06-11T06:54:04","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T05:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/?page_id=2388"},"modified":"2014-12-19T18:58:07","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T17:58:07","slug":"special-screening-in-partnership-with-cinecity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/films\/special-screening-in-partnership-with-cinecity\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Year in Marienbad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Friday, 28 November 2014: Last Year in Marienbad<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Friday, 28 November 2014, 20:00<\/p>\r\n

Venue<\/strong>: (see Locations and Tickets<\/a> for further details)<\/p>\r\n

Programme category<\/strong>: Forest Row Film Society<\/p>\r\n\r<\/p>\n

Dir. Alain Resnais. With: Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pito\u00ebff. France-Italy 1961. 94mins.<\/p>\n

“Not just a defining work of the French New Wave but one of the great, lasting mysteries of modern art” Criterion<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In a grand hotel, an un-named man attempts to persuade an un-named woman that they not only have met before but were romantically involved. While the plot is deceptively simple, Marienbad<\/em> is as extraordinary today as when it premiered in more than 50 years ago. With its Oscar-nominated screenplay by Alain Robbe-Grillet, director Alain Resnais\u2019 enduring cinematic puzzle is one of the most influential and iconic films ever made.<\/p>\n

The screening will be introduced by Lyn Thomas, Professor of Cultural Studies, University of Sussex.<\/p>\n

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\nThis screening is part of a touring programme of early 1960s cutting-edge cinema as part of CINECITY<\/a> The Brighton Film Festival.<\/p>\n

The touring programme complements Berg<\/em>, a free exhibition at the University of Brighton Gallery (22 Nov – 20 Dec). To celebrate its publication 50 years ago, CINECITY The Brighton Film Festival and artist\/production designer Anna Deamer present a film set for an imagined screen version of Berg<\/em>, Ann Quin’s brilliant debut novel. Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.<\/p>\n

Further Reading<\/h3>\n
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  1. Time Out<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. The Guardian<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Strictly Film School<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Roger Ebert: Great Movies<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Slant magazine<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Essay: Last Year at Marienbad<\/em>: Which Year at Where?<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Essay: Return to the ice palace<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Alain Resnais obituary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Trailer<\/h3>\n