Editing Last Year at Marienbad (section)

==Reception==
===Critical response===
Contemporary critical response to the film was polarized.{{sfn|Benayoun|1980|pages=84–5}}{{sfn|Leutrat|2000|pages=7–8}} The controversy was fueled when Robbe-Grillet and Resnais appeared to give contradictory answers when asked whether the man and woman had actually met at Marienbad last year or not, as this was used as a means of attacking the film by those who disliked it.{{sfn|Brunius|1962|p=122}}

In 1963, filmmaker and writer [[Adonis A. Kyrou|Ado Kyrou]] declared the film a total triumph in his book ''Le Surréalisme au cinéma'', recognizing the ambiguous environment and obscure motives within the film as representing many of the concerns of [[surrealism]] in narrative cinema.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kyrou |first=Ado |author-link=Adonis A. Kyrou |title=Le Surréalisme au cinéma |language=fr |edition=updated |location=Paris |publisher=Le Terrain Vague |year=1963 |page=206}}</ref> Another early supporter, actor and surrealist [[Jacques B. Brunius|Jacques Brunius]], declared that "''Marienbad'' is the greatest film ever made".{{sfn|Brunius|1962|pages=122–7, 153}}

Less reverently, film critic [[Pauline Kael]] called ''Marienbad'' "the high-fashion experimental film, the snow job at the ice palace ... back at the no-fun party for non-people".<ref>{{cite book |last=Kael |first=Pauline |author-link=Pauline Kael |url=https://archive.org/details/ilostitatmovies0000kael/page/186/mode/2up |title=I Lost It at the Movies |location=Boston |publisher=[[Atlantic Monthly Press]] |year=1965 |page=186 |url-access=registration}}</ref> The film was included in ''[[The Fifty Worst Films of All Time]]'' (1978), in which authors Harry Medved and Randy Dreyfuss lampooned its surrealistic style and quoted numerous critics who found it to be pretentious or incomprehensible.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Medved |first1=Harry |last2=Dreyfuss |first2=Randy |url=https://archive.org/details/fiftyworstfilmso0000medv/page/142/mode/2up |title=The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and How They Got That Way) |location=New York |publisher=[[Popular Library]] |year=1978 |pages=143–6 |isbn=978-7-0273-5805-5 |url-access=registration}}</ref>

Although it remains disparaged by some critics, ''Last Year at Marienbad'' has come to be regarded by many as one of Resnais's greatest works. [[Review aggregation]] website ''They Shoot Pictures, Don't They'' has determined it to be the 83rd most acclaimed film in history,<ref>{{cite web |title=1,000 Greatest Films (Full List) |url=http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000_all1000films_table.php |access-date=18 January 2016 |website=They Shoot Pictures, Don't They}}</ref> and it received 23 votes in the [[British Film Institute]]'s decennial ''[[Sight and Sound]]'' polls.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/sightandsoundpolls/2012/film/4ce2b6bfecaeb |title=''Last Year at Marienbad'' (1961) |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=18 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820040912/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/sightandsoundpolls/2012/film/4ce2b6bfecaeb |archive-date=20 August 2012}}</ref> Japanese filmmaker [[Akira Kurosawa]] cited it as one of his 100 favorite films.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Thomas-Mason |first=Lee |title=From Stanley Kubrick to Martin Scorsese: Akira Kurosawa once named his top 100 favourite films of all time |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/akira-kurosawa-100-favourite-films-list/ |magazine=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |date=15 June 2023 |access-date=10 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Akira Kurosawa's Top 100 Movies! |url=http://wildgrounds.com/index.php/2009/01/17/akira-kurosawas-top-100-movies/ |website=Wildgrounds |access-date=10 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327124349/http://wildgrounds.com/index.php/2009/01/17/akira-kurosawas-top-100-movies/ |archive-date=27 March 2010}}</ref> 

On the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Last Year at Marienbad'' holds an approval rating of 93% based on 57 reviews, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Elegantly enigmatic and dreamlike, this work of essential cinema features exquisite cinematography and an exploration of narrative still revisited by filmmakers today."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/last_year_at_marienbad|title=Last Year at Marienbad|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref> 

===Accolades===
The film was refused entry to the [[Cannes Film Festival]], reportedly because Resnais had signed [[Jean-Paul Sartre]]'s [[Manifesto of the 121]] against the [[Algerian War]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.critic.de/film/letztes-jahr-in-marienbad-2001/ |title=Letztes Jahr in Marienbad |last=Steinlein |first=Almut |website=Critic.de |date=12 January 2010 |language=de |access-date=6 November 2011}}</ref> but it won the [[Golden Lion]] at the [[22nd Venice International Film Festival]] in 1961. In 1962, it was chosen as the best French film of the previous year by the [[French Syndicate of Cinema Critics]]. It was selected as the French entry for [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[34th Academy Awards]] in 1962 and, though it was not chosen as one of the five nominees for that award,<ref>Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.</ref> Robbe-Grillet was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay]] the [[35th Academy Awards|following year]] for his work on the film.<ref name="Oscars1963">{{Cite web |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1963 |title=The 35th Academy Awards {{!}} 1963 |access-date=29 October 2011 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]}}</ref> The film was also nominated for a [[Hugo Award]] in the [[Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation|Best Dramatic Presentation]] category.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1963-hugo-awards/ |title=1963 Hugo Awards |date=26 July 2007 |publisher=[[World Science Fiction Society]] |access-date=5 September 2023}}</ref>