FRENCH NEW WAVE STALWART..RIVETTE!

Legendary French critic-filmmaker..Jacques Rivette!

Today is 3rd Death Anniversary of French filmmaker and film critic..
Jacques Rivette!

French filmmaker Jacques Rivette..thinking a scene!

He started writing film criticism with Truffaut and Chabrol in influential magazine for French new wave.. 'Cahiers du Cinema' of which he became editor in 1963!

Rivette's debut film 'Paris Belongs to Us' (1960) was critically acclaimed! He was known for increasing length 
of his films..in which 'Out 1' released in 1971 ran at 770 minutes!

Poster of Rivette's longest film 'Out 1'.

He made 28 intellectual films..like 'Celine and Julie go Boating' (1974) and 'La Belle Noiseuse' (1991) which got unexpected success!

Homage to this genius!!

- Manoj Kulkarni