Hiroshima mon amour Excerpt 3: Continuation—remembering and forgetting, the future; the Ota River; tracking in the Hiroshima streets (4’03”).
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Hiroshima mon amour Excerpt 3: Continuation—remembering and forgetting, the future; the Ota River; tracking in the Hiroshima streets (4’03”).
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| 1. | What do the numerous static shots represent here? |
| 2. | Discuss the development of the themes of forgetting and remembering. |
| 3. | Discuss the theme of “future” here. |
| 4. | Describe the transitions (continuity editing) of the shots in the sequence of the Ota River. What effect is Resnais trying to achieve? |
| 5. | Interpret the last sequence, the tracking shot in the streets of Hiroshima (hypotheses). What essential parallel in the film is established here? Note the interplay of the oppositions suggested by the woman. |