Jacques Rivette and TRP

[Johnny Marr]

Rest in Peace great man.

Seeing as the DVD set's finally out, the best possible tribute is to watch
his incredible films. As mentioned in this thread, there's plenty of
Pynchonism in Out 1.

On Monday, October 26, 2015, Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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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