Resnais’s Seyrig descending a staircase
in which a man X reminds a married woman A of their eventful romance from last year’s baroque palace party and her promise made yet as yet unkept to elope together come this year’s party.
the same gardens, hallways, statues, empty salons and empty chairs. these damn architects and their repetition in a style have made every baroque palace look identical to every other baroque palace, always only slightly permutated. when an architect draws, he…
