#1069: RIVETTE, Jacques: Céline And Julie Go Boating [1974]
RIVETTE, Jacques (France)
Céline And Julie Go Boating [1974]
Spine #1069
Blu-ray
The Booklet
Céline And Julie Go Boating [1974]
Spine #1069
Blu-ray
Whiling away a summer in Paris, director Jacques Rivette, working in close collaboration with his stars and coconspirators Juliet Berto and Dominique Labourier, set out to rewrite the rules of cinema in the spirit of pure play — moviemaking as an anything-goes romp through the labyrinths of imagination. The result is one of the most exuberantly inventive and utterly enchanting films of the French New Wave, in which Julie (Labourier), a daydreaming librarian, meets Céline (Berto), an enigmatic magician, and together they become the heroines of a time-warping adventure involving a haunted house, psychotropic candy, and a murder-mystery melodrama. Incorporating allusions to everything from Lewis Carroll to Louis Feuillade, Céline and Julie Go Boating is both one of the all-time-great hangout comedies and a totally unique, enveloping cinematic dream space that delights in the endless pleasures and possibilities of stories.
193 minutes
Color
Monaural
in French
Monaural
in French
1:37:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2021
Director/Writers
Screenplay by Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier, Marie-France Pisier and Jacques Rivette.
Dialogue by Eduardo de Gregorio.
Rivette was 46 when he directed Céline and Julie Go Boating.
Other Rivette films in the Collection:
#802: Paris Belongs To Us (1961)
The Film
Other Rivette films in the Collection:
#802: Paris Belongs To Us (1961)
The Film
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Film Rating (0-60):
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Thirty-two page booklet featuring an essay by critic Beatrice Loayza and a 1974 piece on Berto.
Commentary
From 2017 featuring critic Adrian Martin.
Jacques Rivette: Le veilleur
A 1994 two-part feature documentary by Claire Denis, featuring an extensive interview with Rivette by film critic Serge Daney.
Interviews
With actor Ogier and producer and actor Barbet Schroeder.
Conversation
Between critic Pacôme Thiellement and Hélène Frappat, author of Jacques Rivette, secret compris.
Archival interviews
With Rivette, Ogier, and actors Berto, Labourier, and Pisier.
Extras Rating (0-40):
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