If there is a problem with Saragossa, it is that, as mentioned above, some of its tricks no longer seem quite so mind-boggling, thanks to our exposure to the numerous movies that it influenced, either directly or indirectly. If forced to choose between multiple viewings of Saragossa or, say, Jacques Rivette's equally long, equally trippy Celine and Julie Go Boating, I'd opt for the latter. Still, Rivette may have gotten there with the most, but Saragossa Manuscript got there first -- and with almost as much.
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