Editing Last Year at Marienbad (section)

==Home media and restoration==
On 23 June 2009, [[The Criterion Collection]] released ''Last Year at Marienbad'' in the United States, on both Region 1 [[DVD]] and [[Blu-ray]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Mathews |first=Jeremy |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/37683 |title=Last Year at Marienbad |website=[[DVD Talk]] |date=22 June 2009 |access-date=5 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Last-Marienbad-Criterion-Collection-Blu-ray/dp/B001WLMOHI/ |title=Last Year at Marienbad (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] |website=[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] |access-date=2 February 2013}}</ref> [[Alain Resnais]] participated in this release, and he insisted it include an unrestored soundtrack in addition to the restored one, saying:

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|text=Sound recording and reproduction techniques have changed a lot over the decades. If one remasters a film so as to tailor it to the standards of 2009, there is a danger of altering drastically the balance of the voices, the sound effects, and the music. By correcting so-called flaws, one can lose the style of a film altogether. It is better to respect the sound characteristics of the time, especially as in most cases they do not disturb the viewer anymore after two minutes.<ref>{{cite web |last=Barrett |first=Michael |title=Remember LAST YEAR? Are you sure? |url=https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/daily/article.cfm/articleID/6278/Remember-LAST-YEAR-Are-you-sure/ |website=Film Score Daily |date=21 June 2009 |access-date=25 August 2018}}</ref>
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The Criterion packaging of the film went out of print in March 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2711-out-of-print-announcement |title=Out of Print Announcement |publisher=The Criterion Collection |date=29 March 2023 |access-date=2 February 2013}}</ref>

In July 2018, a restored version of ''Last Year at Marienbad'' was selected to be screened in the Venice Classics section of the [[75th Venice International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.labiennale.org/en/news/restored-films-venezia-classici |title=The restored films of Venezia Classici |publisher=[[Venice Biennale]] |date=1 September 2018 |orig-date=13 July 2018 |access-date=22 July 2018}}</ref> The restored version was released theatrically in France on 19 September 2018 by Tamasa Distribution, followed by a DVD and Blu-ray release on 25 September by [[StudioCanal]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.studiocanal.com/en/news/latest-news/4606/last-year-at-marienbad-in-official-selection-at-venice-mostra-in-an-exclusive-restored-version |title=Last Year at Marienbad in official selection at Venice Mostra in an exclusive restored version |publisher=[[StudioCanal]] |date=17 July 2018 |access-date=21 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104222210/http://www.studiocanal.com/en/news/latest-news/4606/last-year-at-marienbad-in-official-selection-at-venice-mostra-in-an-exclusive-restored-version |archive-date=4 November 2019}}</ref> In the United States, it was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 25 August 2019 by [[Kino Classics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Last-Year-Marienbad-Delphine-Seyrig/dp/B07T2LX57H |title=Last Year at Marienbad [DVD] |website=Amazon |access-date=5 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Last-Year-at-Marienbad-Blu-ray/dp/B07T2LX57J |title=Last Year at Marienbad [Blu-ray] |website=Amazon |access-date=5 September 2023}}</ref>