Resnais, Alain 1922-2014
Overview
| Works: | 705 works in 2,990 publications in 10 languages and 26,342 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Drama Documentary films Romance films History Short films Film adaptations Screenplays Thrillers (Motion pictures) Comedy films Nonfiction films |
| Roles: | Director, Author, Author of screenplay, Restager , Film editor, Scenarist, Performer, Other, fmd, Contributor, Producer, Photographer, Adapter, Honoree, Editor, Narrator, Dedicatee, Author of introduction, Artist, Interviewee, Bibliographic antecedent, Illustrator, Creator, Scientific advisor, Publishing director, Annotator |
| Classifications: | PN1997, 791.4372 |
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Most widely held works about
Alain Resnais
- Where film meets philosophy : Godard, Resnais, and experiments in cinematic thinking by Hunter Vaughan( )
- Le style cinématographique d'Alain Resnais, de Hiroshima mon amour (1959) aux Herbes folles (2009) = The film style of Alain Resnais, Hiroshima mon amour (1959) to Wild grass (2009) by Deborah Walker-Morrison( )
- Alain Resnais by James Monaco( Book )
- Alain Resnais by John Francis Kreidl( Book )
- Alain Resnais; or, The theme of time by John Ward( Book )
- The cinema of Alain Resnais by Roy Armes( Book )
- Arts of impoverishment : Beckett, Rothko, Resnais by Leo Bersani( Book )
- Alain Resnais by Emma Wilson( Book )
- Concentrationary cinema : aesthetics as political resistance in Alain Resnais's Night and fog (1955) by Griselda Pollock( Book )
- The film narratives of Alain Resnais by Freddy Sweet( Book )
- Uncovering the Holocaust : the international reception of Night and fog by Ewout van der Knaap( Book )
- L'Anneé dernière à Marienbad by Jean-Louis Leutrat( Book )
- Concentrationary memories : totalitarian terror and cultural resistance( Book )
- Alain Resnais : arpenteur de l'imaginaire by Robert Benayoun( Book )
- Alain Resnais et Alain Robbe-Grillet; évolution d'une écriture by Michel Estève( Book )
- Hiroshima, mon amour, Alain Resnais by Jean-Louis Leutrat( Book )
- Antonioni, Bergman, Resnais; [three monographs] by Peter Cowie( Book )
- L'Itinéraire d'Alain Resnais by René Prédal( Book )
- Alain Resnais. by Gaston Bounoure( Book )
- L'atelier d'Alain Resnais by François Thomas( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Alain Resnais
Nuit et brouillard = Night and fog by
Alain Resnais(
Visual
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79 editions published between 1955 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 2,133 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A documentary film which counterpoints words and music, still and motion pictures, past and present, and living and dead to depict the world of the German concentration camp
79 editions published between 1955 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 2,133 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A documentary film which counterpoints words and music, still and motion pictures, past and present, and living and dead to depict the world of the German concentration camp
Hiroshima mon amour = Hiroshima, my love(
Visual
)
13 editions published between 1959 and 2015 in French and English and held by 1,069 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
During the filming of an anti-war film in Japan, a French actress has a brief, intense affair with a Japanese architect. While sharing an intimate relationship, they also begin sharing the memories of a war experienced at opposite sides of the world
13 editions published between 1959 and 2015 in French and English and held by 1,069 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
During the filming of an anti-war film in Japan, a French actress has a brief, intense affair with a Japanese architect. While sharing an intimate relationship, they also begin sharing the memories of a war experienced at opposite sides of the world
Hiroshima, mon amour by
Alain Resnais(
Visual
)
238 editions published between 1958 and 2018 in 10 languages and held by 874 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
During a love affair between a French actress and a Japanese architect, the actress recalls a dramatic love affair she had with a German soldier during World War II
238 editions published between 1958 and 2018 in 10 languages and held by 874 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
During a love affair between a French actress and a Japanese architect, the actress recalls a dramatic love affair she had with a German soldier during World War II
Last year at Marienbad by
Alain Robbe-Grillet(
Book
)
10 editions published between 1962 and 1987 in English and Undetermined and held by 839 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
10 editions published between 1962 and 1987 in English and Undetermined and held by 839 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
L'année dernière à Marienbad = Last year at Marienbad by
Alain Resnais(
Visual
)
96 editions published between 1960 and 2015 in French and English and held by 746 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Surrounded by guests in an old mansion, the narrator tries to persuade a woman that they have met before, and that she has agreed to leave her husband and go away with him
96 editions published between 1960 and 2015 in French and English and held by 746 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Surrounded by guests in an old mansion, the narrator tries to persuade a woman that they have met before, and that she has agreed to leave her husband and go away with him
L'Année dernière a Marienbad(
Visual
)
7 editions published between 2005 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 640 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Toute la mémoire du monde: "A poetic piece about the French national library in Paris and the archiving of memory that looks forward to his later films."--Disc menu
7 editions published between 2005 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 640 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Toute la mémoire du monde: "A poetic piece about the French national library in Paris and the archiving of memory that looks forward to his later films."--Disc menu
L'année dernière à Marienbad; [ciné-roman by
Alain Robbe-Grillet(
Book
)
7 editions published between 1961 and 2002 in French and held by 591 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
7 editions published between 1961 and 2002 in French and held by 591 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mon oncle d'Amerique = My uncle from America by
Alain Resnais(
Visual
)
90 editions published between 1980 and 2012 in 7 languages and held by 565 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Using the narrative ovservations of real life human behavioural theorist Henry Laborit, My American uncle describes the complex motivations of a group of characters including René, a working class manager in a textile factory who is demoted and has to move away from his wife and young child, and Janine, an actress having an affair with a married writer and radio boss Jean
90 editions published between 1980 and 2012 in 7 languages and held by 565 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Using the narrative ovservations of real life human behavioural theorist Henry Laborit, My American uncle describes the complex motivations of a group of characters including René, a working class manager in a textile factory who is demoted and has to move away from his wife and young child, and Janine, an actress having an affair with a married writer and radio boss Jean
Les herbes folles = Wild grass by
Alain Resnais(
Visual
)
26 editions published between 2008 and 2010 in French and Undetermined and held by 500 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A lost wallet opens the door to Georges and Marguerite's romantic adventure. After examining the ID of its owner, it is not a simple matter for Georges to turn the wallet he has found into the police. Nor can Marguerite retrieve her wallet without being piqued with curiosity about the person who found it. As George and Marguerite navigate the social protocols of giving and acknowledging thanks, turbulence enters their everyday lives
26 editions published between 2008 and 2010 in French and Undetermined and held by 500 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A lost wallet opens the door to Georges and Marguerite's romantic adventure. After examining the ID of its owner, it is not a simple matter for Georges to turn the wallet he has found into the police. Nor can Marguerite retrieve her wallet without being piqued with curiosity about the person who found it. As George and Marguerite navigate the social protocols of giving and acknowledging thanks, turbulence enters their everyday lives
Hiroshima mon amour : scénario et dialogue by
Marguerite Duras(
Book
)
62 editions published between 1960 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 483 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Scenario voor de film van Alain Resnais, waarin de psychologische achtergronden getoond worden van twee mensen van verschillend etnische achtergrond, die in het geteisterde Hiroshima een korte maar hevige liefde beleven
62 editions published between 1960 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 483 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Scenario voor de film van Alain Resnais, waarin de psychologische achtergronden getoond worden van twee mensen van verschillend etnische achtergrond, die in het geteisterde Hiroshima een korte maar hevige liefde beleven
Vous n'avez encore rien vu = You ain't seen nothin' yet by
Alain Resnais(
Visual
)
16 editions published between 2012 and 2014 in French and held by 437 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Based on two works by the playwright Jean Anouilh, this film opens with a who's-who of French acting royalty being summoned to the reading of a late playwright's last will and testament. This is an alternately wry and wistful valentine to actors and the art of performance from a director long fascinated by the intersection of life, theater and cinema
16 editions published between 2012 and 2014 in French and held by 437 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Based on two works by the playwright Jean Anouilh, this film opens with a who's-who of French acting royalty being summoned to the reading of a late playwright's last will and testament. This is an alternately wry and wistful valentine to actors and the art of performance from a director long fascinated by the intersection of life, theater and cinema
La Guerre est finie by
Jorge Semprún(
Book
)
13 editions published between 1966 and 2000 in 3 languages and held by 399 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The effect of the Spanish Civil War on the lives of a group of anit-Franco exiles living in France, and still actively working for the overthrow of the dictatorship, is the subject of Alain Resnais' new film. Called an incomparable thriller by some critics, it is also a beautiful love story and a moving document of our time."--Back cover
13 editions published between 1966 and 2000 in 3 languages and held by 399 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The effect of the Spanish Civil War on the lives of a group of anit-Franco exiles living in France, and still actively working for the overthrow of the dictatorship, is the subject of Alain Resnais' new film. Called an incomparable thriller by some critics, it is also a beautiful love story and a moving document of our time."--Back cover
Aimer, boire et chanter = Life of Riley by
Alain Resnais(
Visual
)
14 editions published between 2014 and 2016 in French and held by 392 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
George Riley has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Three couples react to the news with various degrees of emotion. The women are each separately invited to a seaside resort by Riley, and hidden resentments and insecurities in each relationship bubble to the surface, causing a re-evaluation of each couple's love
14 editions published between 2014 and 2016 in French and held by 392 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
George Riley has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Three couples react to the news with various degrees of emotion. The women are each separately invited to a seaside resort by Riley, and hidden resentments and insecurities in each relationship bubble to the surface, causing a re-evaluation of each couple's love
La guerre est finie by
Alain Resnais(
Visual
)
67 editions published between 1966 and 2018 in 4 languages and held by 383 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A Spanish revolutionary finds his idealism destroyed when he returns from exile to visit his mistress
67 editions published between 1966 and 2018 in 4 languages and held by 383 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A Spanish revolutionary finds his idealism destroyed when he returns from exile to visit his mistress
Cœurs = Private fears in public places by
Alain Resnais(
Visual
)
25 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 365 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Dan, un soldado recientemente expulsado del ejército, se refugia en la bebida para evadirse del mundo que lo rodea. A pesar de ello, su novia Nicole cree que aún pueden salvar su amor
25 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 365 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Dan, un soldado recientemente expulsado del ejército, se refugia en la bebida para evadirse del mundo que lo rodea. A pesar de ello, su novia Nicole cree que aún pueden salvar su amor
Muriel, ou, Le temps d'un retour by
Alain Resnais(
Visual
)
42 editions published between 1962 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 364 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Characters from several generations struggle to come to terms with their past in contemporary Boulogne. In French, with English subtitles
42 editions published between 1962 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 364 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Characters from several generations struggle to come to terms with their past in contemporary Boulogne. In French, with English subtitles
Loin du Việt-Nam = Far from Vietnam by
Chris Marker(
Visual
)
28 editions published between 1967 and 2018 in 4 languages and held by 307 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This is the work of a number of filmmakers who were opposed to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam but to varying degrees and for varying reasons. The fragmentary structure of at least seventeen different sections has been shaped by Marker so that the final effect is quite open-ended and coherent. At the centre is the sense of European impotence in the context of the war
28 editions published between 1967 and 2018 in 4 languages and held by 307 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This is the work of a number of filmmakers who were opposed to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam but to varying degrees and for varying reasons. The fragmentary structure of at least seventeen different sections has been shaped by Marker so that the final effect is quite open-ended and coherent. At the centre is the sense of European impotence in the context of the war
Hiroshima mon amour : scénario et dialogues by
Marguerite Duras(
Book
)
20 editions published between 1960 and 2006 in French and Undetermined and held by 280 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Août 1957. L'action raconte l'histoire d'amour que va vivre une jeune femme française, actrice, et un japonais, architecte, qui se rencontrent pour les besoins du tournage d'un film sur Hiroshima et les dégâts qu'on engendré les explosions de la bombe nucléaire. Au fil de leur relation le livre dérive de l'évocation de ces dégâts par le japonais vers le calvaire qu'a vécu la femme lors de la libération, alors qu'elle vivait une relation d'amour avec un soldat allemand. Tondue, rejetée, elle devra fuir sa famille et sa ville pour s'ancrer dans l'anonymat de Paris. (Quelle: Website Marguerite Duras)
20 editions published between 1960 and 2006 in French and Undetermined and held by 280 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Août 1957. L'action raconte l'histoire d'amour que va vivre une jeune femme française, actrice, et un japonais, architecte, qui se rencontrent pour les besoins du tournage d'un film sur Hiroshima et les dégâts qu'on engendré les explosions de la bombe nucléaire. Au fil de leur relation le livre dérive de l'évocation de ces dégâts par le japonais vers le calvaire qu'a vécu la femme lors de la libération, alors qu'elle vivait une relation d'amour avec un soldat allemand. Tondue, rejetée, elle devra fuir sa famille et sa ville pour s'ancrer dans l'anonymat de Paris. (Quelle: Website Marguerite Duras)
Same old song = on connaît la chanson by
Alain Resnais(
Visual
)
85 editions published between 1997 and 2014 in 6 languages and held by 280 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Six characters in search of love and luxury departments [c.f. Halliwell's Film & Video Guide]
85 editions published between 1997 and 2014 in 6 languages and held by 280 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Six characters in search of love and luxury departments [c.f. Halliwell's Film & Video Guide]
Hiroshima mon amour by
Alain Resnais(
Visual
)
12 editions published between 2003 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 270 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Una actriz francesa vive su última noche en Hiroshima acompañada, en su habitación de hotel, por su amante japonés. Lo que podría ser una simple aventura es un momento de gran intensidad emocional y que le hace revivir un amor imposible que sucedió en Nevers (Francia) años atrás. La fugaz relación amorosa se convierte en un proceso introspectivo por el cual la mujer revela sus sentimientos íntimos y hace partícipe a su compañero de su reconstrucción del pasado, hasta ese instante oculto
12 editions published between 2003 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 270 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Una actriz francesa vive su última noche en Hiroshima acompañada, en su habitación de hotel, por su amante japonés. Lo que podría ser una simple aventura es un momento de gran intensidad emocional y que le hace revivir un amor imposible que sucedió en Nevers (Francia) años atrás. La fugaz relación amorosa se convierte en un proceso introspectivo por el cual la mujer revela sus sentimientos íntimos y hace partícipe a su compañero de su reconstrucción del pasado, hasta ese instante oculto
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Related Identities
- Como Films Producer
- Vierny, Sacha 1919-2001 Cinematographer Illustrator Videographer Photographer
- Criterion Collection (Firm) Distributor
- Cayrol, Jean Writer of accompanying material Commentator Scenarist Conceptor Bibliographic antecedent Author of screenplay Author Contributor Narrator
- Robbe-Grillet, Alain 1922-2008 Writer of accompanying material Author of dialog Scenarist Dedicatee Bibliographic antecedent Author of screenplay Honoree Author
- Duras, Marguerite Other Writer of accompanying material Author of dialog Scenarist Author of screenplay Author Contributor
- Argos Films Producer
- Dauman, Anatole 1925-1998 Producer
- Azéma, Sabine Other Interviewee Performer Singer Actor Narrator
- Riva, Emmanuèle Other Performer Author Contributor Actor Costume designer
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Actors Actresses Adultery Aesthetics Année dernière à Marienbad (Motion picture) Architects Arts, Modern--Psychological aspects Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Beckett, Samuel, Bibliothèque nationale (France) Bombardment of Hiroshima-shi (Japan : 1945) Buildings Concentration camps Dating (Social customs) Drama Europe Evidence False memory syndrome France France--Paris Germany Health resorts Hiroshima mon amour (Motion picture) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in motion pictures Japan Japan--Hiroshima-shi Lost articles Love Majdanek (Concentration camp) Man-woman relationships Married women Meetings Memory Memory in motion pictures Men--Sexual behavior Motion picture plays Motion picture producers and directors Motion pictures, French Motion pictures--Aesthetics Nuit et brouillard (Motion picture) Photographs Plastics industry and trade Resnais, Alain, Rothko, Mark, United States War and motion pictures Wills Women--Sexual behavior World War (1939-1945)
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Alternative Names
Alain Resnais cineasta francês
Alain Resnais director de cine francés
Alain Resnais director de cinema francés
Alain Resnais francouzský filmový režisér
Alain Resnais Frans filmregisseur
Alain Resnais fransk filmregissør
Alain Resnais französischer Filmregisseur
Alain Resnais French film director
Alain Resnais Prantsusmaa filmirežissöör
Alain Resnais réalisateur français
Alain Resnais regista francese
Alain Resnais regizor de film francez
Alain Resnais regjisor francez
Alanus Resnais
Alēns Renē
Leinai, Alun 1922-2014
Renais, Alain 1922-2014
Rene, Alen
Rene, Alen, 1922-
Rene, Alen 1922-2014
Renē, Alēns, 1922-2014
Resnais Alain
Resnais, Alain 1922-
Resnais Alainas
Réval, Alex
Réval, Alex 1922-2014
Rezarail, Alzin 1922-2014
Αλέν Ρενέ
Ален Рене
Ален Рэнэ
Рене, Алан
Рене Ален
Ալեն Ռենե
אלן רנה
אלן רנה שחקן צרפתי
רנה, אלין 1922-
רנה, אלין 1922-2014
רנה, אלן 1922-2014
الان رينيه
آلان رينيه مخرج أفلام فرنسي
آلن رنه فیلمنامهنویس، تدوینگر، و کارگردان فرانسوی
അലെൻ റെനെ
레네, 알랭 1922-2014
알랭 레네
アラン・レネ
レネ, アラン
亞倫·雷奈
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