I expect to be baffled once in a while during a Resnais film. It’s part of the landscape. Normally, that moment of aggrivation is alleviated by an otherwise worthy film. I’m not 100% sure Resnais deserves leeway here. I think Resnais started out filming a “regular” movie (the first half is great) and then panicked, shot a zillion scenes that amounted to nothing, and then decided that a stew of fragmented lines, glances and camera set-ups would make up for it. Not quite. The first half is good, though, and it is worth checking out if you share my odd obsession with early 60s modern European apartment complexes.
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Jordan Hoffman is a New York-based writer and film critic working for The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Thrillist, Times of Israel, NY Daily News and elsewhere.
He is the host of ENGAGE: The Official Star Trek Podcast, a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and challenges you to a game of backgammon.