Against Interpretation, and Other EssaysItem consists of a selection of articles and reviews written between 1962 and 1965. |
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... Marienbad to accommodate a multi- plicity of equally plausible interpretations . But the temptation to interpret Marienbad should be resisted . What matters in Marien- bad is the pure , untranslatable , sensuous immediacy of some of its ...
... Marienbad to accommodate a multi- plicity of equally plausible interpretations . But the temptation to interpret Marienbad should be resisted . What matters in Marien- bad is the pure , untranslatable , sensuous immediacy of some of its ...
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... Marienbad , and Jean Cayrol in Muriel - all three films share a common subject : the search for the inexpressible past . Resnais ' new film even has a co - title to this effect , like an old - fashioned novel . It is called Muriel , ou ...
... Marienbad , and Jean Cayrol in Muriel - all three films share a common subject : the search for the inexpressible past . Resnais ' new film even has a co - title to this effect , like an old - fashioned novel . It is called Muriel , ou ...
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... Marienbad . Resnais knows all about beauty . But his films lack tonicity and vigor , directness of address . They are cautious , somehow , overburdened and synthetic . They do not go to the end , either of the idea or of the emotion ...
... Marienbad . Resnais knows all about beauty . But his films lack tonicity and vigor , directness of address . They are cautious , somehow , overburdened and synthetic . They do not go to the end , either of the idea or of the emotion ...
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