No.2902
Resnais’
Muriel was another title suggested this month, although (as you may expect) it's more about the past than the future. This film was the French director's third feature, his first in color.
> While Marienbad’s illicitly exciting shame is appropriately opulent, Muriel’s disaffected drifters (who are as cut off from romantic fantasies as they are from political consciousness) naturally find themselves lost in a wasted fluxland, a place where train schedules seem to change daily, massive fright ships run aground, and brand new buildings sit empty on crumbling coastline, waiting to slide into the sea. As if driving their inability to collect their internal timelines and achieve stasis, Resnais follows his straightforward presentation of the visitors' arrival by showing their days afterward in a hiccupping, shredded manner. Resnais cuts the hell out of about 20 minutes of the film (in two large chunks), presenting not only mere portions of hundreds of scenes, but portions of dialogue exchanges and gestures, completely unmoored from their narrative function. ~~ Eric Henderson, Slant Magazine
> Although in no way Resnais’ masterpiece, Muriel is still a worthwhile viewing experience. It will be frustrating to some and rewarding to others. Definitely seek out this seldom seen film is you enjoy Resnais and Delphine Seyrig. She is in top-notch form and the film would be among the Resnais’ greats if the supporting acting was up to the audacious task. Although a deeply reflective and moving work, Muriel also tends to be somewhat laborious — I had to watch it in two sittings. ~~ Joachim Boaz, Science Fiction Ruminationshttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057336/referencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriel_%28film%29http://sensesofcinema.com/2005/european-cinema-revisited/muriel-2/http://www.radudavidescu.com/2009/06/montage-and-character-subjectivity-in.htmlPost last edited at 2015-01-21 08:54:53
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No.2922
I will try to have this downloaded.
No.2943
I've been meaning to see this for a while. This was a good excuse to check it off the list.
My favourite segments were the chopped up montages. More abbreviated storytelling would have been great to quicken the pace even further, as the characters themselves didn't always hold my interest.
Nonetheless I'm sure a second viewing would reveal more layers to the plot. A lot must be hidden in the strobing sequences of images.
No.2954
I will try to stream this around 9pm Eastern.
tinyurl.com/filmstream1
No.2960
No.2961
Sorry about that.. Got caught up in EDC threads.
Now streaming
No.2962
Muriel
Beau pere
Muriel
Hard to be a god
Modern problems
Wild Strawberries
A Separation
No.2964
>>2961no worries, i was only bumping to make sure everyone saw your post
thanks for streaming :)