Hiroshima mon amour (Collection of five original oversize photographs from the 1959 film)

Author: Alain Resnais (director); Marguerite Duras (screenwriter); Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud (starring)
Title: Hiroshima mon amour (Collection of five original oversize photographs from the 1959 film)
Publication: N.p. N.p., Circa 1959

Description: Collection of five vintage oversize double weight reference photographs from the 1959 film. Two photographs with the stamp of the Lérida Ministry of Information of Spain on the verso, and all five with annotations in manuscript ink regarding cropping and identifying the film. Two photographs with titles tipped on the recto, one crediting director Alain Resnais.

Resnais' meditation on memory, history, and forgetfulness proved to be a major catalyst for the Rive Gauche movement, earning Resnais a Palme d'Or nomination and screenwriter Marguerite Duras an Academy Award nomination.

Set in Hiroshima, shot on location in Hiroshima, Japan and Nievre, France.

12 x 9.5 inches. Poor, with moderate wear and pinholes at the corners, and light creasing overall.

Seller ID: 158799

Subject: 1950s Cinema, Double weight photographs, European Cinema, Film Still Photographs, French Cinema, French New Wave, Oversize photographs, Photographs, Women Screenwriters



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