Non-Existent Myth: Jacques Rivette’s 1976 Films
Rivette originally intended to make a four film series that would be a different genre: a film noir, a pirate adventure, a love story, and finally a musical – the last-mentioned of whose scenario particulars hadn’t been completely worked out when the four-film project went into production. Two films were ultimately completed in 1976 – Duelle (the film noir) and Noroit (the pirate adventure). Dive into the world of Rivette’s non-existent myths!
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Jacques Rivette, 1976, France, 121 min
Non-Existent Myth: Jacques Rivette’s 1976 Films
“The second installment of a four-part series that was never completed, Rivette's film is a haunting fantasy about two goddesses (Bulle Ogier and Juliet Berto) who descend to contemporary Paris and battle for possession of a magic stone that will allow them to remain on earth.
The plot decodes into a conflict between the magical and the realistic cinema -- Lumiere versus Melies -- and Rivette works out this contradiction in long takes that encompass enigmatic situations and mysterious characters. Darker and quieter in tone than Rivette's better-known CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING, though just as inventive and cryptically intelligent.” (Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader)