Resistance (1976)

An intensely experimental piece of cinema. A sketch for McMullen"s later films and theatre experiments. It's subject is the French Resistance movement of the Second World War and the traumas suffered by the ex-Resistance fighters unable to cope with the memory of War or their loss of a role in Peace time conditions. Resistance investigates the concept of Resistance both politically and psychoanalytically. The resistance of of an individual to the exposition of his own unconscious becomes the dramatic focus of the story. It is a uniquely radical journey both in cinema and in the evolution of the text. It is always insightful with imagery striking in it's singularity.