Jacques Rivette

Jacques Rivette (born March 1, 1928) is a French film director.

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March 1 - 1928 - Film director

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With Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette is considered to be the most experimental of the French New Wave directors. Like Godard, he had a background in film criticism, but he also loved popular American cinema, especially genre directors such as Robert Aldrich and Frank Tashlin.

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Jean-Luc Godard - French New Wave - Film criticism - Robert Aldrich - Frank Tashlin

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Rivette's stories progress in unconventional ways - often following multiple plot lines that can be romantic, mysterious, and comic all at once and employing extensive improvisation. As a result, his films are often extremely long ( the infamous Out 1 clocked in at 13 hrs, although a 4 1/2 hour cut was later produced.) and many of them are rarely seen.

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Improvisation - Out 1

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