exciting opportunity to watch out 1 in london
https://www.closeupfilmcentre.com/film_programmes/2019/jacques-rivette-out-1
― devvvine, Friday, 28 June 2019 19:27 (four years ago) link
I'm guessing that this is a screening of the digital version that Arrow and others have released on Blu-Ray in the last few years, possibly timed to coincide w/ a new standalone Out 1 set w/ both versions of the film:
https://arrowfilms.com/product-detail/out-1-blu-ray/FCD1886
Still no sign of L'Amour Fou though!
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 28 June 2019 19:39 (four years ago) link
Have a chance to see Duelle for free at a newly opening theater in Seattle in a few weeks.
― JoeStork, Friday, 28 June 2019 22:49 (four years ago) link
so watched the full out 1 over the weekend, and still unsure how I feel about it. contrary to what most people’s experience seems to be, I found the extended theatre exercises to be the most captivating; observing the evolutions and magnetism of people, pushing and pulling, growing and deflating — and the moments where what little we learn in the external sequences seem to infect these communities.
i was never bored but frequently frustrated, a feeling that only grew as i realised the whole thing was an improvisational exercise and the total absence of a defined reality, just the world as the individual actors understand it. the sense of lost promise is so strong and I left the cinema on the verge of anger, but living more and more with what it is, am only finding it more fascinating. been thinking of it as a komboloi, something to hold with you, thread through your hands, feel individual moments it as you go about your life, idk looking forward to growing with it
― devvvine, Wednesday, 24 July 2019 12:07 (four years ago) link
is there an obvious movie to start with this guy? out 1 seems daunting.
just realized his photo is featured a couple times in The Image Book
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 30 July 2019 16:54 (four years ago) link
His most popular is Celine et Julie, after which you can pick others based on whether you like that or not.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 30 July 2019 17:00 (four years ago) link
Paris Belongs To Us is essential Nouvelle Vague, and shorter than usual for him.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 30 July 2019 17:19 (four years ago) link
Yeah, Celine et Julie or perhaps La Belle Noiseuse. That one isn't that typical, but it's very easy to watch. Though a lot of the popularity has to do with the very large amounts of nudity in it, I suspect.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 30 July 2019 18:09 (four years ago) link
Paris Belongs to Us is really mysterious and beautiful and is amazingly confident for a first feature-length film
― Dan S, Saturday, 11 April 2020 00:02 (four years ago) link
haven’t seen any other Rivette films yet besides his first and now his last, Around a Small Mountain. it’s interesting that his last film was so straightforward. wondering about the arc in between
― Dan S, Friday, 3 July 2020 00:18 (three years ago) link
more like a rollercoaster
a frequently quiet and/or tedious one
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 July 2020 01:09 (three years ago) link
people who have nothing to do and nowhere to go
― Dan S, Friday, 3 July 2020 01:30 (three years ago) link
Finally saw La Belle Noiseuse and found it totally enthralling, and singular and mature among his films I've seen. It avoids most of the pitfalls I half-expected it to fall into when I first heard about it years ago. No clumsy eroticism; It takes the work seriously without veering off into exaggerated or doofy paens to Art. I don't know if you could even call their relationship a battle of wills. They could be two co-workers butting heads over the design of a building or machine. Loved it.
― Chris L, Friday, 14 August 2020 16:14 (three years ago) link
A recent YouTube upload - a subtitled print of L'amour Fou (seemingly sourced from a video) - the image quality might be tough to take over four hours:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLXKgDCSuJ0
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 13 May 2021 14:18 (two years ago) link
It's my favourite of his!
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 13 May 2021 14:33 (two years ago) link
It's great, except for the director wearing his sunglasses under his chin for most of the duration.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 13 May 2021 14:47 (two years ago) link
this (by jacques rivette) is the funniest piece of film criticism ever written, in that it somehow massively insults three completely unrelated directors and makes jacques demy look like a nerd pic.twitter.com/Xsu6LFtWZX— axaxaxas lmaö (@demarionunn) December 29, 2021
from: https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2001/jacques-rivette/rivette-2/
― mark s, Thursday, 30 December 2021 18:14 (two years ago) link
Here's your Rivette news for Spring 2023...
-So far this year, Cohen has released four films on Blu-ray: L'Amour par Terre, La Bande des Qautre, Haut Bas Fragile, and Secret Defense.
-The "version longue" of Va Savoir (3h 45m) was restored in 2021 and has surfaced on the French streaming service UniversCine. A title card about the restoration describes it as the "first version" of the film. You can watch it if you have a VPN and 1 Euro to spare for a month's trial. No subtitles though.
-L'Amour Fou has been restored and is being shown at Cannes. Info and clip here: https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/f/l-amour-fou/. Hopefully Blu-ray to follow eventually!
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Friday, 26 May 2023 06:20 (ten months ago) link
MUBI's got the Joan films. Watch'em, right?
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 25 July 2023 14:41 (eight months ago) link
Yeah, it’s really good!
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 25 July 2023 16:09 (eight months ago) link
I saw them both at TIFF in 1994 and found them his most tedious films, then I saw the cut-down version and quite enjoyed it. I suppose a final judgement is yet to come.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 25 July 2023 21:21 (eight months ago) link
No hurry
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 25 July 2023 22:06 (eight months ago) link
the first is absolutely incredible, a great marxist film (in the historiographical sense), while the second might be my least favourite rivette
― devvvine, Tuesday, 25 July 2023 22:07 (eight months ago) link
assume these are the recent restorations? for fans of dappled light, the exterior scenes in part 1 are possibly the best work lubtchansky ever did
― devvvine, Tuesday, 25 July 2023 22:10 (eight months ago) link
Great news.
L'amour fou, restored in 4K, coming to UK cinemas in 2024 Trailer: https://t.co/VbCjrXVht1Check out our new poster 👇 pic.twitter.com/NvnAYFIQ3X— Radiance Films (@FilmsRadiance) December 22, 2023
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 22 December 2023 22:25 (three months ago) link
I’ve been lucky enough to see this twice (projected at Lincoln Center and MoMA) before the restoration was announced, and it’s really a godsend - the first time I saw it was from a pristine looking print, but the second time (just a couple of years ago) was missing an entire reel that had to be replaced with a crummy old video transfer. That was in addition to the visible damage around the reel changes, so it’s probably been awhile since a decent English-friendly print has circulated.
― birdistheword, Friday, 22 December 2023 22:57 (three months ago) link
Only seen it as a torrent rip so really looking forward to it
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 23 December 2023 12:34 (three months ago) link
I call it great upthread, but I really don't remember this one too well. He's a director who "should" be in colour for me.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 23 December 2023 14:58 (three months ago) link
FWIW, one thing that probably gets lost in video rips is that he shot the film in 35mm and 16mm (the rehearsals are in 16mm, and you can even hear the camera motor, like so many of the classic cinema verite films back in the day). The visual differences should be very apparent when you see this in theaters.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 23 December 2023 23:56 (three months ago) link
Details about the Radiance Blu Ray of L'Amour Fou (take my money etc)
https://www.radiancefilms.co.uk/products/lamour-fou-le
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 10:47 (three months ago) link
This weekend: https://www.ica.art/films/lamour-fou-4k
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 20 March 2024 17:44 (four weeks ago) link
Nice. Like the trailer they've made:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW2XWbzFCyw
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 20 March 2024 17:47 (four weeks ago) link
I saw it in Vancouver a couple of weeks ago. Highly recommended. Very poorly attended - I went to the first of two screenings and there were about 12-15 people there, and I think a few left at the interval. The last time I saw it was at the same venue back in 2007 (I think) on a very poor print.
It bore the Janus Films logo... maybe it will be released by Criterion, or at least they'll feature it on the channel.
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 18:22 (four weeks ago) link
It's coming out on Radiance! Thus the trailer above.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 20 March 2024 18:25 (four weeks ago) link
Yes, I preordered that - looks like a great package with some nice extras. But it's Region B so just speculating that there might also be a North American Criterion release.
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 20:32 (four weeks ago) link
The screening at the ICA was nearly sold out.
I saw a poor torrent rip of this 10 years ago and didn't get as much out of it as in this viewing as you just don't have to work so hard.
Interesting how this and "La Maman et la Putain" got a clean up and re-release in the same year, as they are of a similar vein. Though here the relationship disintegration is set alongside a piece of art coming together. A strangled death and a painful birth. The half an hour destruction of the flat as the couple try to rebuild their relationship looks forward to "In the Real of the Senses" too.
Probably the film in which he became a really great filmmaker.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 23 March 2024 22:50 (three weeks ago) link