this is excellent news and I will watch it
― young ruffian - sick banter (imago), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:50 (nine years ago) link
c&jveb is easily one of the greatest movies i've seen, if i may punctuate the naysaying parade briefly, and la belle noiseuse not too far behind
― young ruffian - sick banter (imago), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:51 (nine years ago) link
Love Rivette and have watched both versions of Out 1. The 13 hour version is all extreme peaks and valleys. The theatre stuff gets tedious - but then I'm not a huge fan of Living Theatre-type extreme theatrics. And there's a whole lot of that here. Juliette Berto is great in this, though.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 19:47 (nine years ago) link
Also ... F*** Kael :)
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 19:48 (nine years ago) link
idg kael, she seems to be in disagreement with me most of the time, is she the popism of cinecrit or something lol
― young ruffian - sick banter (imago), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 20:00 (nine years ago) link
it's too bad we never got a PK review of this movie explaining why it "doesn't work" and filled with lots of snappy, colorful descriptions of the two lead actresses
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 20:04 (nine years ago) link
i can't imagine finding 13 hours (?) to watch that!
People are finding 50+ hours to watch tripe like Game of Thrones and Mad Men, surely there will be time for this.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 21:18 (nine years ago) link
Out One is one of the greatest films ever made. As is Out One Spectre. As is Celine and Julie. I like the fact that these films are acts of faith, semi-secret fetish objects, open only to the true believers - it echoes the content of the films themselves, with all their codes, and secrets and, frequently, veiled occult/supernatural hints and whispers.
The DVD edition of Out One is perfectly serviceable - it's L'Amour Fou that is the Rivette REALLY crying out for restoration.
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 21:38 (nine years ago) link
i'm kind of a rivette agnostic. i seem to be the only cinephile in existence who doesn't like "celine and julie,"
hi!
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 21:39 (nine years ago) link
My heart soared when Masters of Cinema brought out a new DVD/Blu of Le Pont du Nord - a lesser Rivette, but still essential - and put 'Dedicated to all Rivettniks' in the liner notes.
As I understand it, Rivette now has dementia, so I was sad when this thread was revived.
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 21:43 (nine years ago) link
Oh that's terrible. Just assumed he retired.
re: Amour Fou I have a terrible rip which - while I loved anyway - I don't care to come back to. Most of all I'd like to see it in the cinema.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 21:49 (nine years ago) link
I think I've probably mentioned already on this thread that I saw L'Amour Fou as part of the NFT's complete Rivette retrospective, and it was in truly pitiful condition - all the theatre stuff, shot on 16mm and blown up, looked especially poor, but the whole four hour plus print was ruined one way or another. It wasn't helped by the fact that this was an unsubtitled print that the NFT superimposed computer subtitles over in fairly random/haphazard fashion. Made me almost miss the days when the NFT did earphone commentaries.
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 22:02 (nine years ago) link
lol at J.D.
― The Stan-Reckoner (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 April 2015 11:43 (nine years ago) link
i walked out of l'amour fou, too! like i said, i'm not not on rivette's wavelength. i guess the metafiction stuff is just too intellectual for me, or something. and his films are just too long for me to want to invest the time to give it another try. but i'm glad that out one will be available for the curious.
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Friday, 24 April 2015 21:54 (nine years ago) link
17 year old interview
http://sensesofcinema.com/2001/french-cinema-present-and-past/rivette-2/
― drash, Monday, 18 May 2015 05:22 (eight years ago) link
That's a great interview. "Cameron isn’t evil, he’s not an asshole like Spielberg." hah. Very entertaining. I'd be keen to see this format with other directors.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Saturday, 23 May 2015 02:43 (eight years ago) link
that's the one where he praised showgirls, isn't it? i think it made verhoeven OK for snobby critics to like.
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Saturday, 23 May 2015 03:56 (eight years ago) link
Starship Troopers (Paul Verhoeven, 1997)
I’ve seen it twice and I like it a lot, but I prefer Showgirls (1995), one of the great American films of the last few years. It’s Verhoeven’s best American film and his most personal. In Starship Troopers, he uses various effects to help everything go down smoothly, but he’s totally exposed in Showgirls. It’s the American film that’s closest to his Dutch work. It has great sincerity, and the script is very honest, guileless. It’s so obvious that it was written by Verhoeven himself rather than Mr. Eszterhas, who is nothing. And that actress is amazing! Like every Verhoeven film, it’s very unpleasant: it’s about surviving in a world populated by assholes, and that’s his philosophy. Of all the recent American films that were set in Las Vegas, Showgirls was the only one that was real – take my word for it.I who have never set foot in the place!
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Saturday, 23 May 2015 04:28 (eight years ago) link
That interview is mostly great but man, he sounds like a real asshole when talking about Titanic.
― JoeStork, Saturday, 23 May 2015 07:38 (eight years ago) link
just a bit of misogyny, let's be cool
― gong mad (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 23 May 2015 07:47 (eight years ago) link
Rivette doesn't even own a TV <3
― So You've Been Pubically Shaved (wins), Saturday, 23 May 2015 16:55 (eight years ago) link
The titanic bit is fucking shit tho, not just cause of the sexism
yeah the titanic comments are nagl. "get off my yard!," yells rivette to kids.
It’s so obvious that it was written by Verhoeven himself rather than Mr. Eszterhas, who is nothing
politique des auteurs dies hard, i guess.
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 12:54 (eight years ago) link
More than those of any other filmmaker, Buñuel’s films gain the most on re-viewing. Not only do they not wear thin, they become increasingly mysterious, stronger and more precise.
Rivette otm
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 12:58 (eight years ago) link
http://www.arrowfilms.co.uk/shop/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=rivette&product_id=603
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 August 2015 01:01 (eight years ago) link
Yeah. Reallyreallyreally want that package. But 85 pounds? That's a lot...
― Frederik B, Thursday, 13 August 2015 01:06 (eight years ago) link
It is 16 discs!
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Thursday, 13 August 2015 07:57 (eight years ago) link
Having already spunked a small fortune on the German Out 1 set, I'm actually more excited about the other films in this set, especially Duelle - "the Queen of the Sun (Bulle Ogier) and the Queen of the Night (Juliet Berto) search for a magical diamond in present-day Paris"
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Thursday, 13 August 2015 07:59 (eight years ago) link
Time to ask for Santa's help.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 13 August 2015 09:28 (eight years ago) link
I've been good..
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 13 August 2015 09:29 (eight years ago) link
This set is very much worth the 85 pounds!
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 13 August 2015 14:03 (eight years ago) link
lol it's 16 discs bcz it's both Blu-Ray and DVD
― Y Kant Max Read (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 13 August 2015 18:01 (eight years ago) link
well yeah
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Thursday, 13 August 2015 20:44 (eight years ago) link
rewatching Rivette: mostly "no, never" for me
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 August 2015 20:46 (eight years ago) link
that's your cred down the pan..
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 13 August 2015 20:51 (eight years ago) link
xpostwell don't then!
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Thursday, 13 August 2015 20:52 (eight years ago) link
junques rivette
― Y Kant Max Read (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 14 August 2015 00:39 (eight years ago) link
Celine & Julie, Go to Hell
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 August 2015 01:05 (eight years ago) link
They do. Or maybe purgatory.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Friday, 14 August 2015 01:11 (eight years ago) link
dunno why you'd bother continuing to seek this stuff out if you've already decided it's not for you, it's not like rivette is some ubiquitous inescapable cultural presence
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 14 August 2015 01:31 (eight years ago) link
i like SOME of his films alright. just not a master to me.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 August 2015 01:34 (eight years ago) link
Not a master then
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2015 09:33 (eight years ago) link
North American release of Out 1 on DVD/Blu-ray in November...
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B014LHPGXI/
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Saturday, 29 August 2015 07:49 (eight years ago) link
The Arrow Films (UK) box is at £74.99 until Sep. 8 and they seem to do free shipping even all the way to Canada.
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Saturday, 29 August 2015 07:54 (eight years ago) link
Just a heads up for anyone else weighing their options- Arrow just announced today on Facebook that due to legal issues (probably to do with the US release) they've had to amend their release to code it to blu-ray Region B.
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 21:28 (eight years ago) link
Just saw picture of Juliet Berto on BAM site, I think, meaning...
― The Starry-Eyed Messenger Service (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 22 September 2015 19:07 (eight years ago) link
Out 1 is coming back
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 22 September 2015 22:44 (eight years ago) link
i am afraid
http://www.bam.org/film/2015/out-1-noli-me-tangere
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 24 September 2015 14:23 (eight years ago) link
Pourquoi?
― The Starry-Eyed Messenger Service (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 24 September 2015 14:27 (eight years ago) link
bcz of my ambivalence about Rivette, nothing more
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 24 September 2015 14:32 (eight years ago) link