A rare moment of reprieve, a fleeting evocation of a particular mode of lyricism, from Alain Resnais’ Muriel, ou les temps d’un retour, 1963. Viewed in advance of a New York Film Festival press screening of Resnais’ latest, Les herbes folles.
Wow, I watched it a little over a year ago, and thought is was fantastic. Now I don’t remember any scene with a horse!