Hiroshima mon amour Excerpt 2: Continuation—cinematic representations of the catastrophe; the effects of the bomb (mutilations, disfigurement); anger (4’59”).
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Hiroshima mon amour Excerpt 2: Continuation—cinematic representations of the catastrophe; the effects of the bomb (mutilations, disfigurement); anger (4’59”).
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| 1. | Discuss the mise en abyme (inscription) of the theme of “cinema” in this excerpt. What is its function in relation to Resnais’s film? |
| 2. | What is the value of the newsreels that are reproduced here? What do they add to the film? |
| 3. | Discuss the opposition of the images to the voice-over commentary when the woman speaks of the flowers which have grown back in Hiroshima. |
| 4. | How is the theme of “forgetting” introduced? |
| 5. | What is the role of the brief inserts (close-ups of the lovers’ bodies) as regards the element of time? |
| 6. | Why does Resnais chose static shots when he shows most of the victims? |
| 7. | Where do Resnais’s political opinions appear in this excerpt? |