tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post3995996328787875220..comments2024-03-28T02:30:08.913-04:00Comments on Not Just Movies: Céline and Julie Go BoatingJakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078001374402400232noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-41652911219719820062012-03-27T16:59:02.750-04:002012-03-27T16:59:02.750-04:00Great Review. I just finished watching 'C&...Great Review. I just finished watching 'C&J' right on the back of Vera Chytilova's 'Daisies' (1966), of which this seems a rip off. An excellent, quirky start where I thought Celine and Julie knew each other but were role playing (which would explain the role switch at the end)was diluted with the film-within-a-film concept, which came in so late in the film that it felt more as an appendage rather than an integral part ofthe whole.Ivona Poyntzhttp://ivonapoyntz.com/books/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-23617076870150375402010-03-29T02:00:37.466-04:002010-03-29T02:00:37.466-04:00Nicely written. Rivette's been a major obsessi...Nicely written. Rivette's been a major obsession since becoming so dumbfounded after seeing 'Paris is Ours' years ago. (I knew there was something wonderful that had happened, but I still can't say what it is.)<br /><br />Noroit is also not to be missed.<br /><br />Does anyone know about a Criterion set supposedly in the works for later this year?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-20992676869320163482010-03-25T20:19:57.588-04:002010-03-25T20:19:57.588-04:00Is there any way to see Out 1 right now? The only ...<i>Is there any way to see Out 1 right now? The only torrent I could find came with Italian subtitles</i><br /><br />I grabbed Out 1 from Karagarga, I think it's probably the same torrent you're referring to here w/the Italian hardsubs. The guys over at KG made English soft subs that are surprisingly not too difficult to read over the hardsubs. Yeah it's kind of annoying, but well worth it. <br /><br />I hope you post something if you watch <i>The Nun</i>, I believe it's the only early Rivette I've still not seen yet for some weird reason. I've been thinking about this one lately too as it actually gets discussed at some length in the Brody-Godard book I'm reading.Drew McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07054307044280470117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-69347815945560878472010-03-25T20:03:59.035-04:002010-03-25T20:03:59.035-04:00Thank you for taking the time to watch it. I'l...Thank you for taking the time to watch it. I'll send ya the next few parts. (You said "interesting storyline". I'm only trying my best here.) <br /><br />I just rewatched the whole episode myself, and I've changed the title to "The Stone", because after all the JW I've watched, I've become more interested in titles with metaphors.Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669266022229029181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-18138789211343348962010-03-25T18:37:58.362-04:002010-03-25T18:37:58.362-04:00Is there any way to see Out 1 right now? The only ...Is there any way to see Out 1 right now? The only torrent I could find came with Italian subtitles, and my grasp of French is so loose that I couldn't hope to process 13 hours of it (especially if it's full of the sort of idiomatic wordplay found here).<br /><br />I believe I might watch The Nun next, given how hard I've been crushing on Anna Karina since I started going through Godard's films (which I was going to resume today after being on vacation, but Netflix put Made in U.S.A. on hold the morning it was set to ship). After that I'll check out Paris and Duelle/Noroit.<br /><br />Hell, I might ending up watching this again quite soon as well. This is maybe my most aside-filled review since I started really working on my writing (though I've always got parenthetical statements in my son of a bitch I'm doing it right now) and I still left out a number of observations that I just couldn't find a way to mention without breaking the flow even further. For example, I thought it was hilarious that the French title works out as an idiom for shaggy dog stories, yet the film ends with Celine and Julie actually going boating! It's the best shaggy dog punchline, the utterly banal act of them gently riding around the park pond to fulfill the action of the title after 3 hours of winding narrative and narrative abandonment. Even when they see the characters from the mansion in the other boat, it's still so hysterically ordinary.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078001374402400232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-1268476657579164912010-03-25T18:21:19.937-04:002010-03-25T18:21:19.937-04:00One of my favorite films ever, and a marvelous rev...One of my favorite films ever, and a marvelous review Jake. You sound as exhilarated and overwhelmed as I was the first time I saw it.<br /><br />I can confirm for you that the film in fact loses none of its mystique and mystery on repeated viewings. If anything it grows even richer. I remember calling my sister and making her watch this a few weeks after I first saw it, so eager was I to spread the gospel on this work.<br /><br />Rivette is one of a kind, and indeed his blurry, playfully surreal concoctions of theater, life and film are as unique and exciting a brand of cinema as I've ever come across. I'd highly recommend seeking out <i>Paris Belong to Us</i> and <i>Duell/Noroit</i> next, and I always have to recommend <i>Out 1: Noli me tangere</i>; as intimidating as it is, it's truly one of the most staggering pieces of cinema I've ever seen.Drew McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07054307044280470117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-19014625001732953882010-03-25T12:14:09.642-04:002010-03-25T12:14:09.642-04:00That's an interesting take. It's such an o...That's an interesting take. It's such an overwhelming work that I can't be sure I've come close to capturing any of its relevant merits and rewards. It is jaw-dropping that American distributors, even the artistically inclined ones, have not made more of an effort to release this.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078001374402400232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-16898167336325033992010-03-25T11:51:35.780-04:002010-03-25T11:51:35.780-04:00This is great stuff, Jake. A couple thoughts to co...This is great stuff, Jake. A couple thoughts to complement and/or complicate what you're working on here:<br /><br />Interesting truth/honesty dichotomy, reminds me of how some people would talk about Truth and truths. The problem with Truth is that its nature is fundamentally totalitarian, and precludes the possibility of truths. It asserts reality, renders truths as illegitimate. Rivette is not even dealing with truths; he's dealing with untruths. By distancing himself from a recognizable scientific or rational viewpoint, he reveals what is lost. His films are so playful and undidactic I would hesitate to say that it's a repudiation of the self-seriousness of our modern world, but it is there.<br /><br />That's why Celine's and Julie's play-acting is so important. Many of Rivette's films revolve around the theater, and here their interactions are predicated upon a willingness to switch between a thousand different roles. Spontaneous roleplay defines narrative here, not the other way around, and it is through this acting that these characters are able to lose the Truth, to lose a modern orientation in the world, and so it is through other people they can find meaning on their own terms.Doniphonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407443845368110678noreply@blogger.com