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(aka "L'Année dernière à Marienbad" or "L'Anno scorso a Marienbad" or "Last Year in Marienbad")

 

directed by Alain Resnais
France 1961

Not just a defining work of the French New Wave but one of the great, lasting mysteries of modern art, Alain Resnais’ epochal Last Year at Marienbad (L’année dernière à Marienbad) has been puzzling appreciative viewers for decades. Written by radical master of the New Novel Alain Robbe-Grillet, this surreal fever dream, or nightmare, gorgeously fuses the past with the present in telling its ambiguous tale of a man and a woman (Giorgio Albertazzi and Delphine Seyrig) who may or may not have met a year ago, perhaps at the very same cathedral-like, mirror-filled château they now find themselves wandering. Unforgettable in both its confounding details (gilded ceilings, diabolical parlor games, a loaded gun) and haunting scope, Resnais’ investigation into the nature of memory is disturbing, romantic, and maybe even a ghost story.

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A cinematic puzzle, Alain Resnais' Last Year at Marienbad is a radical exploration of the formal possibilities of film. Beautifully shot in Cinemascope by Sacha Vierny, the movie is a riddle of seduction, a mercurial enigma darting between a present and past which may not even exist, let alone converge. The film stars Giorgio Albertazzi as an unnamed sophisticate attempting to convince a similarly nameless woman (Delphine Seyrig) that they met and were romantically involved a year ago in the same enormous, baroque European hotel. In the end, it hardly matters -- they're not characters so much as pawns anyway. Hypnotically dreamlike, Last Year at Marienbad is a surrealist parody of Hollywood melodrama, a high-fashion romance with a dark, alien underbelly. According to screenwriter Alain Robbe-Grillet, the movie is a pure construction, without a frame of reference outside of its own existence -- the lives of its characters begin when the lights go down, and conclude when they come back up.

Excerpt from B+N located HERE

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Theatrical Release: June 25th, 1961 - France

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Comparison:

Fox / Lorber (Out Of Print) - Region 0 - NTSC vs. Optimum - Region 2 - PAL vs. Criterion (2-disc) - Region 1 - NTSC vs. Criterion - Region 'A' - Blu-ray vs. Studio Canal - Region 'A + B' - Blu-ray vs. Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray

Big thanks to Henrik Sylow for the PAL DVD Screen Caps!

1) Fox / Lorber (Out Of Print) - Region 0 - NTSC - LEFT

2) Optimum - Region 2 - PAL - SECOND

3) Criterion - Region 1 - NTSC - THIRD

4) Criterion - Region 'A' - Blu-ray - FOURTH

5) Studio Canal - Region 'A + B' - Blu-ray - FIFTH

6) Kino Lorber  Region 'A' - Blu-ray - RIGHT

 

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Bonus Captures:

Distribution

Fox / Lorber

Region 0 - NTSC

Optimum
Region 2 - PAL
Criterion Collection Spine #478
Region 1 - NTSC
Criterion Collection Spine #478
Region
'A' - Blu-ray
Studio Canal Collection
Region 'A+ B' -
Blu-ray
Kino Lorber
Region 'A' -
Blu-ray
Runtime 1:29.33 1:30:00 (4% PAL speedup) 1:34:33 1:34:43.511 1:33:26.666 1:34:40.132
Video

2.35:1 Original Aspect Ratio
Average Bitrate: 5.29 mb/s
NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s

2.35:1 Original Aspect Ratio

16X9 enhanced
Average Bitrate: 5.40 mb/s
PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s

2.35:1 Original Aspect Ratio

16X9 enhanced
Average Bitrate: 7.64 mb/s
NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s

1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 49,226,897,591 bytes

Feature: 29,234,737,152 bytes

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

Video Bitrate: 34.61 Mbps

1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 39,608,229,548 bytes

Feature: 23,583,774,720 bytes

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

Video Bitrate: 29.98 Mbps

1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 48,316,674,187 bytes

Feature: 29,043,253,248 bytes

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

Video Bitrate: 34.99 Mbps

 

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Fox / Lorber (Out Of Print)

 

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Optimum

 

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Criterion

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Criterion Blu-ray

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Kino Blu-ray

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Studio Canal Blu-ray

Audio 2.0 Dolby Digital French 2.0 Dolby Digital French 1.0 Dolby Digital French (restored and optional original)

LPCM Audio French 1152 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 1152 kbps / 24-bit
LPCM Audio French 1152 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 1152 kbps / 24-bit

DTS-HD Master Audio French 850 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 850 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 16-bit)
DTS-HD Master Audio German 859 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 859 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 16-bit)

DTS-HD Master Audio French 1807 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1807 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Commentary:

DTS-HD Master Audio English 1830 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1830 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)

Subtitles English, None English (fixed) English, none English, none English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Japanese, Norwegian, Swedish, none English, none
Features Release Information:
Studio: Fox / Lorber

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen letterboxed - 2.35:1

Edition Details:
• Filmographies of Delphine Seyrig and Giorgio Abertazzi
• Awards

DVD Release Date: October 28, 2003
Keep Case

Chapters 9
 

Release Information:
Studio: Optimum

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen anamorphic - 2.35:1

Edition Details:
• Introduction by Ginette Vincendeau (18:40 / 16x9)
• Documentary: Dans le Labyrinthe de Marienbad (33:20 / 16x9)
• Toute la Mémoire du Monde (20:55 / 4:3)
• Original Theatrical Trailer (3:30 / 16x9)
 

DVD Release Date: May 23, 2005
Keep Case

Chapters 17

Release Information:
Studio:
Criterion

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen anamorphic - 2.35:1

Edition Details:
• New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Alain Resnais
• New audio interview with Resnais (33:03)
• New documentary on the making of Last Year at Marienbad, featuring interviews with many of Resnais’ collaborators (32;36)
• New video interview with film scholar Ginette Vincendeau on the history of the film and its many mysteries (23:00)
• Two short documentaries by Resnais: Toute la mémoire du monde (1956 - 20:57) and Le chant du styrène (1958 - 13:40 16x9)
• Theatrical trailerS (5:43)
• Optional original, unrestored French soundtrack
• 46-page booklet featuring essays by critic Mark Polizzotti and film scholar François Thomas, and Alain Robbe-Grillet’s introduction to the published screenplay and comments on the film
 

DVD Release Date: June 23rd, 2009
Custom Case

Chapters 22

Release Information:
Studio:
Criterion

 

1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 49,226,897,591 bytes

Feature: 29,234,737,152 bytes

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

Video Bitrate: 34.61 Mbps

 

Edition Details:
• New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Alain Resnais
• New audio interview with Resnais (33:03)
• New documentary on the making of Last Year at Marienbad, featuring interviews with many of Resnais’ collaborators (32:37 in HD!)
• New video interview with film scholar Ginette Vincendeau on the history of the film and its many mysteries (23:02 in HD!)
• Two short documentaries by Resnais: Toute la mémoire du monde (1956 - 20:57in HD!) and Le chant du styrène (1958 - 13:40 in HD!)
• Theatrical trailerS (3:33in HD!)

• Optional original, unrestored French soundtrack
• 46-page booklet featuring essays by critic Mark Polizzotti and film scholar François Thomas, and Alain Robbe-Grillet’s introduction to the published screenplay and comments on the film
 

Blu-ray Release Date: June 23rd, 2009
Custom Blu-ray Case

Chapters 22

Release Information:
Studio: Studio Canal

 

1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 39,608,229,548 bytes

Feature: 23,583,774,720 bytes

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

Video Bitrate: 29.98 Mbps

 

Edition Details:
• Introduction by Ginette Vincendeau (18:36 in 480i)
• Short Film (33:03) La Chant De Styrene (13:38 in 1080P)
• Short Film Toute la mémoire du monde (22:06 in 1080P)
• Alain Robbe-Grillet (48:31 in 480i)
• In the Labyrinth of Marienbad (33:25 in 480i)
• Theatrical trailer (3:22 in 480i)
• 20-page booklet in language of purchase
 

Blu-ray Release Date: September 28th, 2009
Custom Bookstyle Blu-ray Case

Chapters 12

Release Information:
Studio:
Kino

 

1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 48,316,674,187 bytes

Feature: 29,043,253,248 bytes

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

Video Bitrate: 34.99 Mbps

 

Edition Details:
• Audio commentary by film historian Tim Lucas
• Marienbad trailer : (03:34)
• Booklet essay by Vanity Fair film critic K. Austin Collins
• Interview with filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff (32:51)
• Last Year at Marienbad A to Z, a visual essay by James Quandt, programmer for the TIFF Cinematheque (51:11)
• Memories of Last Year at Marienbad, a making-of doc using Super-8 footage shot on set (48:19)
• Toute la mémoire du monde (1957), a short film by Alain Resnais (21:58)
 

Blu-ray Release Date: August  20th, 2009
Standard Blu-ray Case

Chapters 11

 

 

Comments

NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were ripped directly from the Blu-ray disc.

ADDITION: Kino Lorber - Region 'A + B' Blu-ray - August 2019': Alan Resnais' "Last Year at Marienbad" arrives on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber, in an all new 4K restoration (with Studiocanal). The 2.35:1 1080p image is given a completely maxed out bitrate, with the picture looking very strong and consistent when in motion. Due to this being a newer 4K restoration, the framing is slightly different with the Kino showing more information on either all sides of the frame, or a slight shift. The compositions seem to be even more eerily symmetrical, which I assume is the intended look. The overwhelming clarity of the Black & White HD image immediately grabs the viewer, showing a fine amount of meticulous detail. The contrast also seems to have improved with this new transfer, showing a much needed deeper range of blacks and grays (so key in a B&W film with such deep focus photography such as this). Kino have a winner on their hands here, and not just because of this gorgeous Blu-ray transfer.

NOTE: We have added 28 more high resolution Kino Blu-ray captures for DVDBeaver Patrons HERE.

The film is presented in 24-bit DTS-HD Master, though Criterion's uncompressed linear PCM was quite something, this DTS lossless track sounds very similar to my ears. There are optional English subtitles on this Region 'A' Blu-ray from Kino Lorber.

 



The first extra is another must-listen audio commentary track from Tim Lucas. Right from the start this is a deep-dive into the many layers of "Last Year at Marienbad", with the author noting that during the opening credits the cast is visually split between male and female teams yet, "...indeed this film is intended as a game, but nothing as simple as the war between men and women. Our characters must be considered more diagrammatically than as flesh and blood". Lucas goes on to discuss the many incredible shots, script, production, as well as providing a scholarly reading of the film, a reading that only enhanced my deep admiration for the film. Much like the author's commentary track for "For a Few Dollars More" this is worth the price of the Blu-ray  alone. Following this exceptional track is a 33-minute interview with filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff. "Memories of Last Year at Marienbad" is a 48-minute a making-of doc using Super-8 footage shot on set. Not to be outdone, Kino then provide another great bonus feature, with "Last Year at Marienbad A to Z", a 51-minute visual essay by James Quandt, programmer for the TIFF Cinematheque. Next up is "Toute la mémoire du monde", a 1957 short film by Alain Resnais. Some trailers round out the extras on the Blu-ray  disc. Included is a booklet with the essay "In Search of Lost Time: Alan Resnais's 'Last Year at Marienbad'" by Vanity Fair critic, K. Austin Collins.

Alain Resnais and Alain Robbe-Grillet's "Last Year at Marienbad" is an iconic cipher of a film, truly unlike no other (though it would be aped and referenced for years to come). The film's key lies in the exquisite B&W photography and mise en scène. Kino's 4K transfer is a thing of real beauty, now showing even more detail than I would have thought possible. I may be no closer to figuring out the many complexities of the film but after listening to Tim Lucas' excellent commentary I am excited to watch "Last Year at Marienbad" again, perhaps for the first time? This Blu-ray  disc isn't just a recommendation, it is already in the running for best releases of the year, in my humble opinion.

Colin Zavitz

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ADDITION: Studio Canal - Region 'A + B' Blu-ray - February 2011':  Firstly I'd like to thank my friend Louis for sending me the Studio Canal Blu-ray for comparison. Secondly, I realize that I used a different system (software) to create the Criterion captures and, while I replaced a few, I didn't find it offering a significant difference to bother recapping all. So, my comments will reflect how I watched the two 1080P transfer on my home system. The Criterion is darker and seems more stable to me - the brighter Studio Canal looks a shade frail and possibly boosted. It may tend to look 'better' to some - but brighter images often do. I still like the Criterion but since both are fairly consistent in their visuals - most people wouldn't choose one over the other in normal viewing, IMO. They both give an excellent presentation, in my opinion but for those interested - the Criterion, approved by director Alain Resnais, offers the higher file size and bitrate for the feature.

Criterion also has a technical superiority for the audio - but again I think it is a wash for almost everyone - certainly my ears couldn't distinguish any significant differences. Both offer English subtitles and the Studio Canal offers a German DUB and more subtitle options for those requiring it. It seems the Criterion is region 'A' and the Studio Canal is coded for both 'A' + region 'B'.

Supplements are, again, quite similar with both having Ginette Vincendeau, a trailer and the two shorts - La Chant De Styrene and Toute la mémoire du monde. Where they differ is in the the larger, (better, IMO) booklet by Criterion who offer an isolated soundtrack and the Studio Canal has a piece on Alain Robbe-Grillet for almost 50-minutes.

I think that purchasers will be happy with either - Criterion collectors will lean that way and for most they should get the least expensive for their geographical area (taking into account shipping etc.). The film impacts me the more I see it - this has been happening for a few years. It's becomes a very relaxing, contemplative experience - one we strongly recommend!

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ADDITION: Criterion - Region 'A' Blu-ray - June 09': I'm very happy to report that detail and contrast are notably improved in the high-definition rendering of Criterion's Last Year at Marienbad. This may be the most dramatic difference from a simultaneously released Criterion DVD to it's Blu-ray counterpart that I've seen.  Every visual facet seems superior. The Criterion DVD does indeed have some green seeping in and is somewhat darker at times (both easier to note in side-by-side comparison). The precise framing and beauty of the film looks just magnificent on this Blu-ray. The improvement was readily noticeable on my system. I felt like I was watching the film in a theater. Some repaired damage marks still exist but they are significantly lighter. Grain is more apparent but blacks may not be quite as pitch in certain scenes. The SD-transfer looks glossier and the Blu-ray far more textured.

Like the DVD, audio on the Blu-ray includes the option for the restored and un-restored French tracks but they are both in linear PCM at 1100 kpbs - still flat mono - but a shade more resonant with some very discreet buoyancy (NOTE: I only watched with the 'restored').

Extras are duplicated on the DVD edition (discussed below) but video features are all in HD! The same 46-page booklet is included without exclusions. This Criterion Blu-ray takes up over 49 Gig of the available 50 and the company that sets the lofty mark for DVD production has continued its prowess in Blu-ray. Absolutely magnificent. This is a film you definitely want in 1080P! 

Gary Tooze

***

ADDITION - Criterion - Region 1- NTSC June 09' - I'd like to reserve more specific comments on the image until we add the Criterion Blu-ray to this comparison. The Criterion DVD doesn't have the manipulation deficiencies of the Optimum and contrast looks strong. It appears hazier than the PAL edition but comparing the 1080P rendering should give us more information but it would be hard to critique the Criterion in which the 'transfer was supervised and approved by director Alain Resnais'.

Criterion gives the option of restored French audio or the original. Checking out both the differences do exist and the restoration is the way to go in my opinion. Criterion's English subtitles are, expectantly, removable.

Extras are stacked starting with trailers (original theatrical and Rialto's re-release trailer) on the feature disc. The second dual-layered DVD of supplements starts with a 1/2 hour new audio interview with Resnais conducted by film scholar Francois Thomas - author of L'atelier d'Alain Resnais - in 2008 for Criterion. It is 7 chapters in French with English subtitles on a backdrop of stills and some scenes from Last Year at Marienbad. Next is a new documentary on the making of Last Year at Marienbad, featuring interviews with many of Resnais’ collaborators including his assistant directors Jean Léon and Volker Schlöndorff, script girl Sylvette Baudrot and production designer Jacques Saulnier. It is entitled Unraveling the Enigma: The Making of Marienbad. There is a new video interview with film scholar Ginette Vincendeau on the history of the film and its many mysteries running 23-minutes. She discusses the various interpretations of the film and elucidates some of its mysteries. Criterion have included two short documentaries by Resnais: Toute la mémoire du monde (1956 - 20:57) and Le chant du styrène (1958 - 13:40 16x9) as well as a 46-page booklet featuring essays by critic Mark Polizzotti and film scholar François Thomas, and Alain Robbe-Grillet’s introduction to the published screenplay and comments on the film.

Obviously this is the definitive digital release of the film and we will compare Criterion's Blu-ray when we have the opportunity.

Gary Tooze

***

Optimum
Besides minute colour banding, the image is flawless. Deep solid blacks, good contrast, good details. Simply a superb anamorphic image.

Two things are interesting versus Fox Lorber. One is, that as Optimum is PAL and as such has 4% PAL Speed-Up, Fox Lorber's approx equal duration suggests that it is a PAL to NTSC transfer. The other is that the Fox Lorber has approx 3% more image to the left, while Optimum has approx 3% more image to the right.

While Optimums subtitles are fixed, which always is a point of criticism, they are a pleasure to read. The translation is also different, here saying:

"In a few moments, it will freeze into a marble past. Like the statues in this garden of stone."

Not speaking French, I am unable to determine, which is the most accurate translation.

The additional material begin with a good and informative introduction by Professor Ginette Vincendeau, sitting in a cinema and talking about the films history and its interpretation.

Following this is the documentary "Dans le Labyrinthe de Marienbad" by French critic Luc Lagier, who discusses the films history, the collaboration between Renais and Robbe-Grillet, its structure, various interpretations and finally its legacy.

The last extra is the rare "Toute la Mémoire du Monde", a short film by Renais from 1956, a documentary about Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, where Renais portraits the building, with its processes of cataloguing and preserving all sorts of printed material, as both a monument of cultural memory and as a monstrous alien being.

 

Henrik Sylow

 


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The Films in My Life
by Francois Truffaut, Leonard Mayhew

French Cinema: A Student's Guide
by Philip Powrie, Keith Reader
Agnes Varda by Alison Smith Godard on Godard : Critical Writings by Jean-Luc Godard Notes on the Cinematographer by Robert Bresson The Art of Cinema by Jean Cocteau French New Wave
by Jean Douchet, Robert Bonnono, Cedric Anger, Robert Bononno
French Cinema: From Its Beginnings to the Present
by Remi Fournier Lanzoni

 

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