This is a bibliography of articles and books by or about the director and film critic Jacques Rivette.
Source: [1]
Title | Year | Issue number | Subject | Ref. |
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"Nous ne sommes plus innocents" | March 1950 | 1 | essay on film language | [2] |
1950 | 4 | essay on Kenji Mizoguchi |
Title | Year | Issue number | Subject | Ref. |
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"L'Homme du sud" | June 1950 | 2 | review of The Southerner | [3] |
"Bilan pour Biarritz" | October 1950 | 4 | criticism of the Festival du film maudit | [3] |
"Under Capricorn d'Alfred Hitchcock" | October 1950 | 4 | review of Under Capricorn | [3] |
"Les Malheurs d'Orphee" | November 1950 | 5 | review of Orphée | [3] |
"Un homme véritable d'Alexandre Stolper" | November 1950 | 5 | review of Un homme véritable | [3] |
Title | Date | Issue number | Subject | Ref. |
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"Un nouveau visage de la pudeur" | February 1953 | 20 | review of Chtche Droe Leto | [4] |
"Génie de Howard Hawks" | May 1953 | 23 | essay on Howard Hawks | [5] |
"L'art de la fugue" | August–September 1953 | 26 | article on I Confess | [6] |
"De l'invention" | October 1953 | 27 | review of The Lusty Men | [7] |
"Le masque" | November 1953 | 28 | review of The Earrings of Madame de… | [8] |
"Rencontre avec Otto Preminger" | December 1953 | 29 | interview with Otto Preminger | [9] |
"The Naked Spur" | December 1953 | 29 | review of The Naked Spur | [10] |
"F comme femme" | Christmas 1953 | 30 | co-writers: Lotte H. Eisner, François Truffaut, Philippe Demonsablon, Jean-José Richer, Michel Dorsday and Frédéric Laclos | [11] |
"l'âge des metteurs en scène" | January 1954 | 31 | essay on Cinemascope | [12] |
"Entretien avec Jacques Becker" | February 1954 | 32 | interview with Jacques Becker, co-writer: François Truffaut | [13] |
"L'Essentiel" | February 1954 | 32 | review of Angel Face | [14] |
"Entretien avec Jean Renoir" | April 1954 | 34 | interview with Jean Renoir part 1, co-writer: François Truffaut | [15] |
"Entretien avec Jean Renoir" | May 1954 | 34 | interview with Jean Renoir part 2, co-writer: François Truffaut | [16] |
"Cinépsychopathia sexualis" | December 1954 | 42 | inventory of films related to sexuality, compiled by entire staff | [17] |
"Entretien avec Abel Gance" | January 1955 | 43 | interview with Abel Gance, co-writer: François Truffaut | [18] |
"Lettre sur Roberto Rossellini" | April 1955 | 46 | letter from Roberto Rossellini | [19] |
"La recherche de l'absolu" | November 1955 | 52 | review of Les Mauvaises Rencontres | [20] |
"Après Agesilas" | December 1955 | 53 | review of Land of the Pharaohs | [21] |
"Hollywood, petite île..." | Christmas 1955 | 54 | essay on Max Ophüls, co-writer: François Truffaut | [22] |
"Dictionnaire des réalisateurs américains contemporains" | Christmas 1955 | 54 | review of recent American cinema, co-writers: Claude Chabrol, Charles Bitsch, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze and François Truffaut | [23] |
"Notes sur une revolution" | Christmas 1955 | 54 | essay on American filmmakers | [24] |
"Entretien avec Howard Hawks" | February 1956 | 56 | interview with Howard Hawks, co-writers: François Truffaut and Jacques Becker | [25] |
"Cinémathèque" | March 1956 | 57 | review of Woman in the Moon | [26] |
"Faut-il brûler Harry?" | April 1956 | 58 | review of The Trouble With Harry | [27] |
"Rencontre avec Joshua Logan" | December 1956 | 65 | interview with Joshua Logan, co-writer: Charles Bitsch | [28] |
"Six personnages en quête d'auteurs, débat sur le cinéma français" | May 1957 | 71 | discussion on French cinema, with Andre Bazin, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Pierre Kast, Roger Leenhardt, Éric Rohmer and Rivette | [29] |
"Biographie de Max Ophüls" | June 1957 | 72 | biography of Max Ophüls, co-writer Charles Bitsch | [30] |
"Entretien avec Max Ophüls" | June 1957 | 72 | interview with Max Ophüls, co-writer: François Truffaut | [31] |
"En attendant les Godons" | July 1957 | 73 | review of Saint Joan | [32] |
"La Main" | November 1957 | 76 | review of Beyond A Reasonable Doubt | [33] |
"Nouvel entretien avec Jean Renoir" | Christmas 1957 | 78 | interview with Jean Renoir, co-writer: François Truffaut | [34] |
"Bio-filmographie de Jean Renoir" | Christmas 1957 | 78 | essay on Jean Renoir | [35] |
"Que viva Eisenstein" | January 1958 | 79 | review of Que Viva Mexico | [36] |
"L' énigme des deux Nosferatu: Post Scriptum" | January 1958 | 79 | review of Nosferatu and Foolish Wives , co-writer: Lotte Eisner | [37] |
"Mizoguchi vu d'ici" | March 1958 | 81 | essay on Kenji Mizoguchi | [38] |
"Rétrospective Mizoguchi" | March 1958 | 81 | discussion of Kenji Mizoguchi, co-writers: Charles Bitsch, Louis Marcorelles, Luc Moullet and Éric Rohmer | [39] |
"Sainte Cécile" | April 1958 | 82 | review of Bonjour Tristesse | [40] |
"Good bye" | May 1958 | 83 | review of Sayonara | [41] |
"L'âme au ventre" | June 1958 | 84 | review of Summer Interlude | [42] |
"Rencontre avec Gene Kelly" | July 1958 | 85 | interview with Gene Kelly, co-writer: Charles Bitsch | [43] |
"Paris nous appartient" | December 1958 | 90 | dialogue of Paris Belongs to Us (first sequence), co-writer: Jean Gruault | [44] |
"Entretien avec Roberto Rossellini" | April 1959 | 94 | interview with Roberto Rossellini, co-writer: Fereydoun Hoveyda | [45] |
"Du côté de chez Antoine" | May 1959 | 95 | review of The 400 Blows | [46] |
"Hiroshima notre amour" | July 1959 | 97 | discussion on Hiroshima, Mon Amour , co-writers: Jean Domarchi, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Jean-Luc Godard, Pierre Kast and Éric Rohmer | [47] |
"Entretien avec Fritz Lang" | September 1959 | 99 | interview with Fritz Lang, co-writer: Jean Domarchi | [48] |
"Anatomie d'une nation" | November 1959 | 101 | review of Trial | [49] |
"La Mort aux trousses" | April 1960 | 106 | review of Testament of Orpheus | [50] |
"Keaton" | September 1960 | 111 | article on Buster Keaton | [51] |
"Art et Essai" | November 1960 | 113 | essay on arthouse cinema | [52] |
"Entretien avec Alexandre Astruc" | February 1961 | 116 | interview with Alexandre Astruc, co-writer: Éric Rohmer | [53] |
"De l'abjection" | June 1961 | 120 | review of Kapò | [54] |
"Entretien avec Resnais et Robbe-Grillet" | September 1961 | 123 | interview with Alain Resnais and Alain Robbe-Grillet, co-writer: André S. Labarthe | [55] |
"Débarbouillage" | December 1962 | 138 | discussion on new French filmmakers with Michel Delahaye, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Jean Douchet, Claude de Givray, Jean-Luc Godard, Fereydoun Hoveyda, Pierre Kast, André S. Labarthe, Luc Moullet, Éric Rohmer and François Truffaut | [56] |
"Note sur l'insuccès commercial" | May 1963 | 143 | review of The Trial of Joan of Arc | [57] |
"Cinéma et nouvelle musique" | July 1963 | 145 | review of Straub-Huillet's Machorka-Muff | [58] |
"Revoir Verdoux" | August 1963 | 146 | review of Monsieur Verdoux | [59] |
"Entretien avec Roland Barthes" | September 1963 | 147 | interview with Roland Barthes, co-writer: Michel Delahaye | [60] |
"Les malheurs de Muriel" | November 1963 | 149 | review of Muriel , co-writers: Pierre Kast, Claude Ollier, André S. Labarthe, Jean-Louis Comolli, François Weyergans, Jean Domarchi and Jean-André Fieschi | [61] |
"Judex" | November 1963 | 149 | review of Judex | [62] |
"Sept hommes à débattre" | December 1963-January 1964 | 150-151 | discussion on American cinema, co-writers: Luc Moullet, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol, François Truffaut, Pierre Kast and Jacques Doniol-Valcroze | [63] |
"Directed by: 60+60 (+1) Cinéastes" | December 1963-January 1964 | 150-151 | short biographies of American directors, co-written by entire Cahiers staff. | [64] |
"Les enfants terribles" | February 1964 | 152 | review of Les Enfants Terribles | [65] |
"Entretien avec Pierre Boulez" | February 1964 | 152 | interview with Pierre Boulez, co-writer: François Weyergans | [66] |
"Max phagocyte" | February 1964 | 152 | review of Laugh with Max Linder | [67] |
"Le journal entre les lignes" | April 1964 | 154 | discussion on Diary of a Chambermaid , co-writers: André S. Labarthe, Jean Narboni, Michel Delahaye, Jean-Louis Comolli | [68] |
"Suède- France: 2-0" | May 1964 | 155 | essay on Swedish cinema | [69] |
"Entretien avec Claude Lévi-Strauss" | June 1964 | 156 | interview with Claude Lévi-Strauss, co-writer: Michel Delahaye | [70] |
"Le féminin singulier" | October 1964 | 159 | review of The Ape Woman | [71] |
"D’une lettre de René Clair, adressée à Jacques Rivette" | January 1965 | 161-162 | reply to letter from René Clair | [72] |
"Hallali" | February 1965 | 163 | essay on the Paris reception of Gertrud | [73] |
"Le faux pas" | March 1965 | 164 | review of Le Faux Pas | [74] |
"Island of the Blue Dolphins (L’Ue des dauphins bleus)" | March 1965 | 164 | review of Island of the Blue Dolphin | [74] |
"Le calme" | March 1965 | 164 | essay on Soviet films | [75] |
"Father goose (Grand méchant loup appelle)" | April 1965 | 165 | review of Father Goose | [76] |
"Les pieds dans le plâtre" | April 1965 | 165 | review of Les pieds dans le plâtre | [77] |
"The troublemaker (Le trouble fête)" | April 1965 | 165 | review of The Troublemaker | [78] |
"The unsinkable Molly Brown (La reine du Colorado)" | April 1965 | 165 | review of The Unsinkable Molly Brown | [79] |
"Ring of Spics (Fabrique d’espions)" | May–June 1965 | 166-167 | review of Ring of Spies | [80] |
"Une aventure de la parole" | December 1965 | 173 | interview with Marcel Pagnol, co-writers: Jean-André Fieschi and Gérard Guégan | [81] |
"Pagnol au travail par ses collaborateurs" | December 1965 | 173 | interview with members of Pagnol's film crew, co-writers: Jean-André Fieschi, Gérard Guégan and André S. Labarthe | [82] |
"Renoir le Patron" | January 1967 | 186 | transcript of TV interview with Jean Renoir, co-writer: André S. Labarthe | [83] |
"Le champ libre" | February 1968 | 198 | Interview with Vera Chytilova, co-writer: Michel Delahaye | [84] |
"Conférence de presse" | March 1968 | 199 | Published press conference on the Henri Langlois scandal of 1968, co-writers: Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol, Alexandre Astruc, Jean Renoir, Georges Kiejman, Pierre Kast, Jean Rouch, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Jean-Paul Le Chanois, Nicholas Ray, Maurice Lemaitre, Henry Chapier, Jean Jabely, Simone Signoret and Marcel Carné | [85] |
"Cerclé sous vide" | September 1968 | 204 | interview with Philippe Garrel | [86] |
"Le temps déborde" | September 1968 | 204 | Rivette was interviewed by Jacques Aumont, Jean-Louis Connolli, Jean Narboni and Sylvie Pierre | [87] |
"Le départ pour Mars" | October 1968 | 205 | interview with Shirley Clarke, co-writer: Michel Delahaye | [88] |
"Concours" | January 1969 | 208 | review of Audition | [89] |
"Entretien avec Walerian Borowczyk" | February 1969 | 209 | interview with Walerian Borowczyk, co-writers: Michel Delahaye and Sylvie Pierre | [90] |
"Grazle Zia (Merci Léa)" | February 1969 | 209 | review of Grazie Zia | [91] |
"Montage" | March 1969 | 210 | discussion on montage, co-writers: Sylvie Pierre and Jean Narboni | [92] |
"Calcutta" | April 1969 | 211 | interview with Louis Malle, co-writers: Jean-Louis Comolli and Jean Narboni | [93] |
"Play Dirty (Enfants de salauds)" | April 1969 | 211 | review of Play Dirty | [94] |
"The touchables" | April 1969 | 211 | review of The Touchables | [95] |
"Le miel sauvage" | April 1969 | 211 | review of Soviet films | [96] |
"Bice skoro propest Sveta" | June 1969 | 213 | review of Soviet films | [97] |
"Dieu a Choisi Paris" | October 1969 | 216 | review of Dieu a Choisi Paris | [98] |
"Marguerite Duras:" La destruction la parole" | November 1969 | 217 | interview with Marguerite Duras, co-writer: Jean Narboni | [99] |
"Jean Renoir vous parle de son art" | 1979 | Hors série 4 | Reprint of Rivette's 1961 TV interview with Renoir: Jean Renoir parle de son art | [100] |
"La recherche du relative" | 1979 | Hors série 4 | Reprint of Rivette's 1966 interview with Renoir for "Jean Renoir le patron" | [101] |
"La règle et l'exception" | 1979 | Hors série 4 | Reprint of Rivette's 1966 interview with Renoir | [102] |
"Jacques Rivette" | October 1987 | 400 | [103] | |
"Rivette à Cannes" | 1991 | Hors série 15 | Transcript of Rivette's press conference for La belle noiseuse | [104] |
Title | Year | Issue number | Subject | Ref. |
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"Une film d'avant garde" | September 7, 1955 | 532 | review of Les mauvaises rencontres | [105] |
"Capitaine Mystère de Douglas Sirk" | September 28, 1955 | 535 | review of Captain Lightfoot | [105] |
"À l'ombre des potences (Run for Cover), film américain de Nicholas Ray" | October 5, 1955 | 536 | review of Run for Cover | [105] |
"Ange ou démon, film de José Ferrer" | October 5, 1955 | 536 | review of The Shrike | [105] |
"Le cinéma américain renaît" | October 19, 1955 | 538 | essay on French criticism of recent American cinema | [105] |
"Hélène de Troie de Robert Wise" | February 8, 1956 | 554 | review of Helen of Troy | [105] |
"Á la cinémathèque tour le soirs: L'âge d'or allemande" | February 15, 1956 | 555 | essay on German Expressionist films | [105] |
"Il Bidone de Federico Fellini" | February 29, 1956 | 557 | review of Il bidone | [105] |
"Les Inconnus dans la ville de Richard Fleischer" | March 7, 1956 | 558 | review of Violent Saturday | [105] |
"Fièvre sur Anatahan de Joseph von Sternberg" | March 14, 1956 | 559 | review of Anatahan | [105] |
"Les Rats de Robert Siodmak" | March 21, 1956 | 560 | review of Die Ratten | [105] |
"L'example d'Eisenstein" | March 28, 1956 | 561 | essay on Jean Mitry's book on Sergei Eisenstein | [105] |
"La Maison des otages de William Wyler" | March 28, 1956 | 561 | review of The Desperate Hours | [105] |
"La Sorcière de André Michel" | April 18, 1956 | 564 | review of La Sorcière | [105] |
"Premier prix à La Joconde d'Henri Gruel" AKA "Tours 57: un festival sans suspense. 1er prix à La Joconde d'Henri Gruel" | November 27, 1957 | 646 | essay on films of the Tours Film Festival, including Les Mistons | [105] |
"Le Désordre et la nuit: Obscur fourre-tout" | May 28, 1958 | 672 | review of Le désordre et la nuit | [105] |
Title | Date | Publisher | Subject | Ref. |
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"L’acte et l’acteur" | 1950 | unpublished | essay on the importance of actors | [106] |
Preface to "What is Cinema?", Volume IV | 1962 | Editions du Cerf | fourth volume by Andre Bazin | [107] |
"Paris gehort Uns" | 1968 | Neue Filmkunst | German-language published script of Paris Belongs to Us | [108] |
"Pour H. L." | January 21, 1977 | Le Monde | essay on Henri Langlois and the Cinémathèque Française | [109] |
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