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In 1975, Jacques Rivette reunited with Out 1 producer Stéphane Tchal Gadjieff with the idea of a four-film cycle. He would create a quartet of interconnected films, each in a different genre. One was to be a love story, another a Western, and there was to be a fantastical thriller and a musical comedy starring Anna Karina and Jean Marais too.Ill health intervened, and only two of the films were completed. Duelle (une quarantine) sees Rivette in fantasy territory, cross-pollinating Val Lewton, Jean Cocteau and film noir as the Queen of the Sun (Bulle Ogier) and the Queen of the Night (Juliet Berto) search for a magical diamond in present day. Its parallel film, Noroît (une vengeance), is a pirate tale and a loose adaptation of The Revenger s Tragedy starring Geraldine Chaplin (Nashville, Cría cuervos).A third film began production Marie et Julien starring Albert Finney and Leslie Caron but Rivette succumbed to nervous exhaustion and shooting was abandoned. When he did return to filmmaking, Rivette borrowed some of the elements of Duelle and Noroît and came up with Merry-Go-Round. Joe Dallesandro (Trash, Flesh for Frankenstein) and Maria Schneider (Last Tango in Paris, The Passenger) are summoned to Paris, which leads to one of the most surreal and mysterious tales in a career that was dominated by surrealism and mystery.LIMITED EDITION CONTENTSHigh Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations of all three films from brand new 2K restorations of the filmsOriginal mono audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-rays)Optional newly-translated English subtitles for all filmsScenes from a Parallel Life: Jacques Rivette Remembers archive interview with the director, in which he discusses Duelle (une quarantaine), Noroit (une vengeance) and Merry-Go-RoundRemembering Duelle Bulle Ogier and Hermine Karagheuz recollect their work on the 1976 featureInterview with critic Jonathan Rosenbaum, who reported from the sets of both Duelle (une quarantaine) and Noroit (une vengeance)Exclusive perfect-bound book containing writing on the films by Mary M. Wiles, Brad Stevens and Nick Pinkerton plus a reprint of four on-set reports from Duelle (une quarantaine) and Noroit (une vengeance)Reversible sleeves with original and newly commissioned artwork by Ignatius Fitzpatrick
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An ambitious, incomplete feature film series
“The Jacques Rivette Collection Limited Edition” is a box set representing the ambitious four-part cycle of interconnected films, each in a different genre. One was to be a love story, another a Western, a fantastical thriller, and a musical comedy. Because of ill health, Rivette completed only two of the films.“Duelle” (1976) is a mythological fantasy that channels elements of Val Lewton, Jean Cocteau and film noir. Two goddesses, the Queen of the Sun and the Queen of the Night, fight over a man in a Paris set somewhere between the 1930s and the 1970s and search for a magic diamond.“Noroit” (1976) is a pirate revenge drama, set and filmed in and around a castle on the Brittany coast. There is a play within the film loosely adapted from “The Revenger’s Tragedy.” Noroit” stars Geraldine Chaplin.A third film — “Marie et Julien,” starring Albert Finney and Leslie Caron —began production, but Rivette succumbed to nervous exhaustion and shooting was abandoned. When he did return to making films, Rivette borrowed some of the elements of “Duelle” and “Noroit” and came up with “Merry-Go-Round” (1981). Joe Dallesandro (“Trash,” “Flesh for Frankenstein”) and Maria Schneider (“Last Tango In Paris”) are summoned to Paris, which leads to a search for a missing writer and an inheritance.Bonus features of the 6-disc unrated Blu-ray + DVD box set include the featurette “Scenes From a Parallel Life: Jacques Rivette Remembers,” an archive interview with the director in which he discusses “Duell,” “Noroit,” and “Merry-Go-Round;” “Remembering Duelle,” in which Bulle Ogier and Hermine Karagheuz recollect their work on the 1976 feature; interview with critic Jonathan Rosenbaum, who reported from the sets of both “Duelle” and Noroit;” a book containing writing on the films and on-set reports from “Duelle;” and reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned artwork. The films are in French, with English subtitles.
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リヴェット未完の連作長編
収録されているのは、『セリーヌとジュリー』と『北の橋』の間に撮られた『デュエル』『ノロワ』『メリーゴーラウンド』の3作品です。映像特典として関係者インタビュー、監督インタビュー、評論家解説が全部で2時間くらい収録されています。60頁くらいの冊子もついてます。 『デュエル』と『ノロワ』は異なるジャンル(ラブ・ストーリー、ウェスタン、ファンタジック・スリラー、ミュージカル・コメディー)に属する4連作計画のうち、完成した2本です(あと2本は監督体調不良で断念)。どちらの作品にも「太陽の娘」と「月の娘」が登場し(ネルヴァルの『火の娘たち』が元ネタだそうです)、『デュエル』では魔石を巡って決闘し、『ノロワ』では弟を殺された「月の娘」が「太陽の娘」(ここでは孤島の城に暮らす海賊たちの女首領)に復讐します。どちらの作品でも死すべき定めの人間が不死の彼女たち(演じている役者はそれぞれの作品で別)に翻弄され、ばたばた死んでゆきます。 『メリーゴーラウンド』はこれらの連作とは独立の作品で、話の関連はありません。遺産相続をめぐって起こった誘拐事件に、誘拐された女性の妹とその女性の恋人が巻き込まれ、二人で謎を解決しようとします。二人がよく見る変な夢が何度も唐突に挿入されたり、超能力を使う老人が出てきたりと、本筋とは関係ないところで、かなり変です。フランス語には英語字幕が出るんですが、この作品では主人公二人が英語で会話するので、その部分は英字幕が出ません。もっとヒアリング能力があれば・・・。 私には『デュエル』がすごく面白かった。たぶん「ファンタジック・スリラー」ということなんだと思うんですが、アニメ的(押井守とか)というかゲーム的(須田剛一とか)というか、なんとも形容しがたいストーリー、明暗を生かした素晴らしいライティングの撮影にバーンとでかい月が出て、「幽霊」ジュリエット・ベルトと「妖精」ビュル・オジエが対決する、最高です。 『セリーヌとジュリー』や『北の橋』のような、パリを舞台にした摩訶不思議な世界がお嫌いでなければ、一見の価値はあるかと。2Kレストアされているので画像もきれいです。
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