Hiroshima mon amour 1959

A.H. Weiler, New York Times: Although it presents, on occasion, a baffling repetition of words and ideas, much like vaguely recurring dreams, it, nevertheless, leaves the impression of a careful coalescence of art and craftsmanship. Read more

Don Druker, Chicago Reader: Integrating past and present, poetic images and documentary footage, music and Marguerite Duras' dialogue, the film achieved a structural balance of such emotional and intellectual power that audiences were stunned. Read more

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: "Hiroshima Mon Amour" will always be too studied a masterwork for some tastes. But Riva's performance, chief among its triumphs, remains electrifying. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: That rare movie in which present and past meld in every frame to convey a sense of time obliterated, or a dream having a nightmare. Read more

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Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: The first film to juxtapose disastrous erotic passion with the political disasters of the mid century. Read more