Orfeusz i Eurydyka w Marienbadzie
Orpheus and Eurydice at Marienbad

Summary/Abstract: The opinion that "Last Year at Marienbad" is one of the most experimental films in the history of the cinema is no doubt influenced by the unusual narrative of the work by Alain Resnais. The construction of the work is not the only intriguing aspect of the picture. The peculiar atmosphere of Marienbad, together with certain elements of staging, remind one of Georges Sadoul’s interpretation of the film through the prism of the myth of Orpheus. Analysis of the motif of the mirror and reflection on the work of Lewis Carroll allow one to show "Last Year at Marienbad" in relation to literary and film traditions. The way the symbolism of the mirror functions in the work of Resnais might be compared to Jean Cocteau’s "Orpheus", low budget horrors and Richard Kelly’s "Donnie Darko". All these contexts serve to add to Sadoul’s interpretation, which is of great importance to the meaning of the nature of time that reigns in the world of Marienbad – the key problem of the whole article.

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