Jacques Rivette /Mary M. Wiles.
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2012.
- 1 online resource.
- Contemporary film directors .
Includes bibliographies and index.
-- Moving Backstage: The Films Of Jacques Rivette -- Apprentice Years: Aux quatre coins, Le quadrille, Le divertissement, and Le coup du berger -- From Shakespeare to Sartre: Paris nous appartient -- From the Literary Text to the Tableau: La religieuse, Hurlevent, La belle noiseuse, and La belle noiseuse: Divertimento -- Revolution in Realism, Reflexivity, and Oneiric Reverie: Jean Renoir le patron, L'amour fou, Out 1: Noli me tangere, and Out 1: Spectre -- Sounding Out the Operatic: Les filles du feu (Duelle and Noroit), Merry-Go-Round, and Le Pont du Nord -- Reenvisioning Genres: Haut bas fragile, Jeanne la pucelle, Secret defense, and Va savoir -- Occult Theatricality: Celine et Julie vont en bateau -- Phantom Ladies Over Paris, L'amour par terre, La bande des quatre, Histoire de Marie et Julien -- Returning, Departing: Ne touchez pas la hache and 36 vues du Pic Saint-Loup -- Interview / Jacques Rivette.
As a pioneer of the French New Wave, Jacques Rivette was one of a group of directors who permanently altered the world's perception of cinema by taking the camera out of the studios and into the streets. His films, including "Paris nous appartient", "Out 1: Noli me tangere", "Celine et Julie vont en bateau - Phantom Ladies Over Paris", "La belle noiseuse", "Secret defense", and "Va savoir" are extraordinary combinations of intellectual depth, playfulness, and sensuous beauty. In this study of Rivette, Mary M. Wiles provides a thorough account of the director's career from the burgeoning French New Wave to the present day, focusing onthe theatricality of Rivette's films and his explorations of the relationship between cinema and fine arts such as painting, literature, music, and dance.