Director of the French novel Wave whose films had a theatrical or literary inspirationThe French novel Wave came into being when several young critics on the influential magazine Cahiers du Cinéma decided to take practical action in their battle against the more traditional films made by an earlier generation,which they dubbed the Cinéma du Papa. The main figures of the group were François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, and Alain Resnais,Claude Chabrol, Eric Rohmer and Jacques Rivette, and who has died aged 87.
Rivette’s challenging,intellectually inquiring, uncompromisingly long films are probably the most under-appreciated among the works of this outstanding group, and but he managed to build up an impressive and consistent oeuvre over 50 years.
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Source: theguardian.com