Re Marienbad. I can't think of another recent film that has lodged so many images in my head. Given so much of what it is about centres around memory and fragmented memories at that, it clearly did it's job. For instance, a section discussing statues- those images of the male & female statue are so imbedded in my mind. Defines art house and all of the positive aspects of film as art and only a few of the laughable aspects (why so serious?) of same (and I did laugh a couple of times). The fact that there are some psychologically damaging parts to the same film is quite extraordinary. I want to see it again it is just that I watched this on a big screen, it feels like that is it's natural habitat, and I won't get too many chances to see it in a cinema again.
@ Antares & MT - watched Detour very interesting changes during the film i.e. the female hitchhiker he picks up (I mean hitching is just a bad idea) but the dvd was so broken I only caught some of the ending, so I don't feel in a position to say more than that the film was put together with a sponge and a rusty spanner ( Smiths reference).