#26 - Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959, Alain Resnais)

Wow, it's been like six weeks since I saw this, it's weird that I'm just now writing about it. Well, for starters, this is now one of my favorite movies ever. Some of the best use of voiceover narration I've ever heard and wonderful explorations of personal memory and how it shapes one's perceptions of historical events. The juxtaposition of images of nuclear fallout and sex is unforgettable. God, this movie is the best. It's too bad so little Resnais is available on DVD, though Muriel is coming in March from Koch Lorber and Rialto is supposed to bring Last Year at Marienbad to theaters later this year, which makes a Criterion release inevitable in '07 or '08. I can't wait!