Meaning of Marienbadism | Babel Free

Definitions

A style of film that has an enigmatic narrative structure coupled with a dreamlike uncertainty over what is real and what is imagined.

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Examples

“Nathan A. Scott, Jr., deals more directly with contemporary McLuhanism and Marienbadism.”

“Nevertheless, anyone with memories of durable big stars and well-made hokum is likely to be sorry if one evening there is nothing available in or out of the house except TV soap opera, Ben Hur, and Marienbadism.”

“What with Alphonse's lies and Bernard's fantasies, one must assume the relative candor of Hélène and Françoise if Muriel is not to succumb to Marienbadism.”

“The American critic Pauline Kael feels that as a result of what she calls 'creeping Marienbadism', movies are going to pieces and she chides the art-house audience for accepting 'lack of clarity as complexity; clumsiness and confusion as style' .”

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