The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares, published by NYRB Classics, was the inspiration for Alain Resnais’s 1961 film Last Year at Marienbad.
Critic and New York Review contributor J. Hoberman will introduce the film. Alain Robbe-Grillet’s screenplay was nominated for an Oscar.
This is Film Forum’s third event celebrating the 50th anniversary of The New York Review of Books.
Tickets are $12.50, $7 for members, and can be purchased at the Film Forum’s site.