Contest: Win Alain Renais' Sci-Fi Classic 'Je t'aime, Je t'aime' On Blu-Ray
2015 feels like a banner year for cinephiles hoping to finally get their hands on long dormant or buried treasures. The Apu Trilogy finally hit screens and Blu-ray this year and Kino Lorber is doing some outstanding work on the home video front for cineastes. Later this year they’ll finally deliver Jacques Rivette’s long-awaited “Out 1” — which is playing at BAM in New York now — and this week they are releasing another long-out-of-print film from another French New Wave master: Alain Renais’ “Je t'aime Je t’aime.” Known for cinema classics like “Hiroshima Mon Amour” and “Last Year at Marienbad,” Renais’ sixth film is haunting tale of romantic obsession and time travel, a traumatic break-up caught in an endless loop. It is science fiction as only Resnais could have made it.
The Essentials: 5 Alain Resnais Films You Should Know
Long unavailable in the U.S., and re-released theatrically last year, Kino Lorber’s release marks the first time that this important film...