Alain Resnais

<strong>Alain Resnais</strong> director of Hiroshima Mon Amour and LAnnAce Derniere AMarienbad has transformed the representation of memory fantasy and desire i... » 

Alain Resnais director of Hiroshima Mon Amour and LAnnAce Derniere AMarienbad has transformed the representation of memory fantasy and desire inmodern cinema. This illuminating new introduction to his work extending fromhis earliest documentaries to the musical films of the last decade traces theevolving patterns of his filmmaking its changing reflections on mortalityguilt chance and human doubt. Exploring questions of the timeimage oftrauma of the senses this volume sets Resnaiss films in the context ofimportant current debates in film theory and provides a concise account ofcritical discussions of his work in France and beyond. «