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Dustin Kiyeon Chang · @Dustin
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Bulle & Pascale Ogier makes perhaps the cutest mother/daughter team on screen! Rivette sets up two as strangers Marie & Baptiste in Paris so they can roam all over town doing nonsensical things. It's part noir, part fairytale, part martial arts comedy. Never over the top nor hysterical, nonetheless I find Rivette's drollery charming & funny. Without any gadgetry or grand production design, Rivette maintains that precious weightlessness like a soap bubble master.

#lepontdunord #jacquesrivette

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Dustin Kiyeon Chang · @Dustin
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4 roommates, living in an old house in the Paris suburb, are taking the same theater class taught by Constance. This leisurely paced film spends half of its time on stage as they take turns in various roles and play out scenes for the class, the other half in crime/mystery solving.
In true Rivette fashion, it’s light and fluid- our protagonists' lives reflect Constance’s stage directions & there are plenty small intrigues that keep them busy. Fun times. .

#jacquesrivette #gangoffour

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Dustin Kiyeon Chang · @Dustin
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Céline and Julie go down the rabbit hole laughing all the way. They are dynamic comedy duo, sabotaging each other's love life and career. With the help of some magic candy, they alternately have visions of some stagey murder mystery that has no beginning or end in a grand mansion. Rivette is having a grand time here poking fun at the movie as a spectator sport. The film is a silly, spontaneous, inventive, absurd and brilliant comedy.

#celineandjuliegoboating #jacquesrivette

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Dustin Kiyeon Chang · @Dustin
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Duelle (1976) - Rivette
Just like in Celine and Julie, guided and framed by the great William Lubtchansky, Duelle has a fluidity of an improvisational music (not jam but more like jazz). With never obtrusive handheld camera work and black and white sequence thrown in, the film is not short on cinematic playfulness. The ensemble cast seems to be having a blast too. Good times.

#jacquesrivette #julietteberto #bulleogier #frenchcinema #frenchnewwave

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