Jacques Rivette and TRP

[Johnny Marr]

Yes, it's rather like Celine et Julie to the power of four ... Neophytes
should watch that to gain a taste for Rivette's style, otherwise Out 1 will
leave them completely lost.

Although even Celine et Julie won't prepare you for the interpretive
dancing.

On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 12:50 AM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Have you seen this JM? It sounds fascinating. Hadn't heard of it until
> now but for some reason the write-up reminded me of Celine et Julie
> vont au Bateau which is both boring and amazingly memorable, and lo
> and behold it turns out Rivette directed that too.
>
> On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 1:15 AM, Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com> wrote:
> > With the forthcoming DVD release of Jacques Rivette's incomparable
> > postmodern monuemnt Out 1, the following piece may be of interest to
> > Pynchonians. Jonathan Rosenbaum brings up a direct link between two
> central
> > works of early 1970s bohemian paranoia
> >
> > http://deeperintomovies.net/journal/archives/9070
> >
> > Rosenbaum: “The coded messages Leaud intercepts are significantly
> different
> > in the two films.” Different how? Also: “Much as Thomas Pynchon in
> Gravity’s
> > Rainbow bears witness to mid-century paranoia by turning imaginary plots
> > into real ones and vice versa, Rivette has a chilling way of both
> suggesting
> > explanations and dispersing them in this monumental, maddening epic.”
> >
> > Come for Pynchon, stay for Balzac, Lewis Carroll, Rohmer, Goddard, Paris
> > 1968, and Jacques Rivette his own brilliant, confounding yet delightful
> > self.
>
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