Stiff as uncooked asparagus, the figures who stalk through Marguerite Duras's "Woman of the Ganges" don't have to act, since the movie is narrated in English by two invisible women with lush French accents. "Soch loff, soch dee-sire!" they repeat, as they warble away….
[It] becomes quite difficult to tell who's alive or dead in this movie. (All of the performers behave like zombies, but some are probably supposed to be ghosts.) It's also very hard to know who did what to whom in the past.
This is a free excerpt of 85 words. There are 235 words (approx.
1 page at 300 words per page) in the full critical essay.
Read the rest of this Criticism with our Duras, Marguerite 1914–: Critical Essay by Nora Sayre Access Pass.
