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Jacques Rivette died
He was a unique voice of the French cinema. The Director was one of the founding fathers of the Nouvelle Vague. 87 years old, he was – and leaves behind a remarkable work.
He is without doubt one of the greats of French and European cinema. Jacques Rivette is one next to Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, and Claude Chabrol to the circle of those who in the late 1950s, early 1960s, the Nouvelle Vague from the baptism lifted.
This revival of the cinema washed down the conventions of the old, conventional Nachkriegsfilms of it. It was a Filmrevolution, after and throughout Europe. Rivette was one of the most influential Directors of those years. And yet to distinguish his films from those of his Regiekollegen.
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They were characterized by an often extreme in length. The audience could take with you on a cinematic journey, the incomparable, was. Rivettes feature film debut with the speaking title “Paris belongs to us,” reached a normal length, his later films were often boundless, adventurous and always full of Surprises.
Titles such as “Céline and Julie go boat” (1974) or “Merry-Go-Round” developed new cinematic forms and made Rivette to an incomparable voice of the French cinema. The Director worked up to an advanced age and brought the 2009 Film “36 views from the Pic Saint-Loup” in the cinemas. Now is Rivette at the age of 87 years died.
Betty Schneider and Jean-Claude Brialy in “Paris belongs to us” (1961)