Word: hiroshima
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...Churchill (who as late as 1937 praised Hitler's "courage, perseverance and vital force'') must share with the German people the blame for Nazi times and crimes. At another point Schell makes a withering deprecation of the victor's right to judge the vanquished. "Is Hiroshima," he wonders, "the superior morality?" And there are several scenes of punishing mockery in which U.S. authorities, worried by Russian aggressiveness and anxious to win the support of the German public, try to persuade Judge Tracy to acquit the defendants. Do they essentially differ, Kramer asks, from the Nazi politicians...
...without bitterness. The French woman cannot surrender her dead lover, and is haunted by his spirit in each of her frequent affairs. She never discusses the German lover, even with her husband, and confiding in the Japanese is an overwhelming accomplishment finally made possibly by the tragic city of Hiroshima...
When she finally dismisses her Japanese lover, she tells him, "Your name is Hiroshima," and offers a spark of hope that the long journey from Nevers has finally ended...
...dealing with neurosis, Hiroshima, and war, Resnais risks uncontrolled sensationalism. But even when the visual element overwhelms the audience, the heroine sustains an integrity that holds the film in unified balance...
...easy to complain that they are only blank symbols in a house of mirrors, and that Resnais has asked the audience to give his film meaning where none exists. It is a just complaint against most of the New Wave, but for those willing to make an effort, Hiroshima is the finest of its kind, and a masterpiece in its own right...