Sunday, August 11, 2019

Je t'aime, je t'aime (1968)


IMDb plot summary: After attempting suicide, Claude is recruited for a time travel experiment, but, when the machine goes haywire, he may be trapped hurtling through his memories.
Directed by Alain Resnais. Starring Claude Rich, Olga Georges-Picot, Anouk Ferjac, and Alain MacMoy.

I appreciate what this movie is doing more than I actually like it. Resnais' Last Year at Marienbad hit me on an emotional level, while this one never quite does (and maybe that's the sci-fi nerd in me -- I keep impatiently waiting for the time travel to resurface as a plot point when it's just a means to an end). Our quietly personable protagonist does a lot to get us engaged in his extremely non-linear story, though, and it is an interesting concept.

How it entered my Flickchart:
Je t'aime, je t'aime > The Illusionist
Je t'aime, je t'aime < The Lady Vanishes
Je t'aime, je t'aime < Full Metal Jacket
Je t'aime, je t'aime < Hopscotch
Je t'aime, je t'aime > Enemy of the State
Je t'aime, je t'aime < Bye Bye Birdie (1995)
Je t'aime, je t'aime > Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Je t'aime, je t'aime < Skylark
Je t'aime, je t'aime < The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Je t'aime, je t'aime > Cape Fear (1991)
Je t'aime, je t'aime > The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Je t'aime, je t'aime > Along Came a Spider
Final spot: #1380 out of 3006.

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