Hiroshima Mon Amour - Criterion Collection

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Summary: One of the best French "new wave" movies
Review: This review is for the Criterion Collection DVD edition of the film.

"Hiroshima Mon Amour" or "Hiroshima my love" is one of the most well-know films of the French new wave and defiately one of the best.

It is the story if a French actress working on a film about peace post war Hiroshima, Japan and has a fling with a Japanese architect. The relationship reminds her of a previous relationship she had with a german soldier during the war.

The film is very well photogaphed and has some very nice scenes of the Peace park & museum as well as footage taken after the actual bombing. It has excellent acting also and remains popular to this day. The husband of a friend of my mother's in Switzerland says that this is one of his favorite films.

The DVD has some great special features too.

There is audio commentary by Peter Cowie, an isolated music an effects track, two interviews with director Alan Resnais an interciew with lead actress Emmanuelle Riva, as erll as an essay about Giovanni Fusco who composed the film's music.

This release is a must buy!

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Summary: Be kind to your follow reviewers
Review: When I first saw Hiroshima Mon Amour back in late 70s, I hated every minute of it. To me, at that time, it was the worst movie I had ever seen. The story was out of focus, the characters looked pale and without any emotions. But it was then.Now, after more than 25 years, after a heartbreaking episode of my life, I begin to appreciate the subtle theme that Duras and Renais wanted to convey : It is not easy to forget a person's past. What I want to say is, for those who find this movie hard to swallow might try to watch it, say, ten or fifteen years from now, maybe he or she would have a new perspective about the movie or his life, for that matter.