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Jacques Rivette - (French Film Directors) by Douglas Morrey & Alison Smith (Paperback)

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  • Jacques Rivette is perhaps the best-kept secret of French cinema.
  • About the Author: Douglas Morrey is Associate Professor in the Department of French Studies in the University of Warwick.
  • 256 Pages
  • Performing Arts, Film
  • Series Name: French Film Directors

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About the Book



A complete survey - the first in English - of Jacques Rivette's sixty-year career in French cinema, from the New Wave to the present day.



Book Synopsis



Jacques Rivette is perhaps the best-kept secret of French cinema. A founding figure in the New Wave, and at the centre of the Cahiers du cinéma team, he developed into one of the most unusual and adventurous French directors of the last sixty years, yet his work remains little-known in comparison with his contemporaries, and this study is the first in English to look at the full span of his career. Starting with his decisively influential film criticism of the 1950s, it moves from the New Wave through the complex, experimental films of the 1970s to the challenging, playful dramas which ensured his visibility during the following two decades, and ends in the present, including Rivette's most recent films, Histoire de Marie et Julien (2003) and Ne touchez pas la hache (2007).

The book takes a thematic approach, offering detailed discussion of key elements of Rivette's film world, including games, conspiracy and jealousy, as well as a study of what Rivette's cinema adds to our understanding of key theoretical concepts in Film Studies such as narrative, space and adaptation.



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Jacques Rivette is perhaps the best-kept secret of French cinema. A founding figure in the New Wave, and at the centre of the Cahiers du cinéma team, he developed into one of the most unusual and adventurous French directors of the last sixty years, yet his work remains little-known in comparison with his contemporaries, and this study is the first in English to look at the full span of his career. Starting with his decisively influential film criticism of the 1950s, it moves from the New Wave through the complex, experimental films of the 1970s to the challenging, playful dramas which ensured his visibility during the following two decades, and ends in the present, including Rivette's most recent films, Histoire de Marie et Julien (2003) and Ne touchez pas la hache (2007).

The book takes a thematic approach, offering detailed discussion of key elements of Rivette's film world, including games, conspiracy and jealousy, as well as a study of what Rivette's cinema adds to our understanding of key theoretical concepts in Film Studies such as narrative, space and adaptation. There are many close analyses of sequences from Rivette's films including Paris nous appartient (1961), Céline et Julie vont en bateau (1974) and La Belle Noiseuse (1991).



Review Quotes




This book makes a strong case for explaining what is specific, innovative and exciting about Rivette's films, focusing on his exploration of form and the relationship of artist to audience.

Smith and Morrey offer a vital defence of some of Rivette's more maligned films.

This overdue study makes for an erudite introduction and a thoroughly explanatory 'user guide' to its slightly forbidding subject.




About the Author



Douglas Morrey is Associate Professor in the Department of French Studies in the University of Warwick. Alison Smith is Lecturer in European Film Studies at the University of Liverpool
Dimensions (Overall): 7.81 Inches (H) x 5.06 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D)
Weight: .62 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 256
Genre: Performing Arts
Sub-Genre: Film
Series Title: French Film Directors
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Theme: History & Criticism
Format: Paperback
Author: Douglas Morrey & Alison Smith
Language: English
Street Date: January 31, 2015
TCIN: 1001764293
UPC: 9780719096877
Item Number (DPCI): 247-41-7050
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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