This is my favourite film of all time. I first saw it many years ago, and it still remains my favourite. A masterpiece of subtle humour, irony, surrealism and commentary on what is real and what is fiction with a fantastic score and wonderful imagery. It also features some of my favourite actors - Dirk Bogarde, David Warner.
Like another reviewer here I also frequently check to see if it has been released on DVD and am disappointed and puzzled by its continued non release. It is not as though it figures an obscure director and actors and it is Resnais' only film in English!
I would also like to agree with other reviewers who says that it manages to capture the interior process of how a writer or creative artist works. There are very nice touches. As the writer (John Gielgud)gets progressively more sozzled on white wine, we see the characters he is imagining all standing around in the most improbable of settings with glasses of white wine in their hands.
Like another reviewer here I also frequently check to see if it has been released on DVD and am disappointed and puzzled by its continued non release. It is not as though it figures an obscure director and actors and it is Resnais' only film in English!
I would also like to agree with other reviewers who says that it manages to capture the interior process of how a writer or creative artist works. There are very nice touches. As the writer (John Gielgud)gets progressively more sozzled on white wine, we see the characters he is imagining all standing around in the most improbable of settings with glasses of white wine in their hands.