Personal life Jacques Rivette

rivette during filming of duchess of langeais in 2006

rivette s years in paris impoverished , known live ascetically on minimal resources; chabrol said thin , hardly ate, comparing smile of cheshire cat. gruault described rivette slight, dark-haired , had lively dark eyes in emaciated visage of waxy pallor…add forced, nervous smile of has make constant efforts win acceptance society seemed regard irremediably hostile. opinions highly regarded among peers , according douchet, [rivette] great talker. group s secret soul, occult thinker, bit of censor. godard said, might film much, if rivette said s no agree him ... though had privileged access cinematographic truth. truffaut considered rivette best friend, , seen @ screenings. truffaut said in 1950s, rivette member of group capable of directing feature film.

rivette s friendship rohmer complex due rivette s direct role in getting rohmer fired cahiers du cinéma. rivette , rohmer respected each other, fought on cahiers political , aesthetical positions , financial issues. became close friends again after rohmer became interested in rivette s improvisational films, praising l amour fou , acting in out 1. rohmer later called out 1 capitol monument in history of modern cinema, essential part of cinematic heritage. rivette admired rohmer s films , called les rendez-vous de paris film of absolute grace. several cahiers writers during rohmer-era disliked him, such douchet, jean domarchi, fereydoun hoveyda, phillippe demonsablon, claude beylie , phillippe d’hugues, said rivette had saint-just side, intransigent jacobin considered moron if didn’t agree him. determined moral , right, hall monitor. antoine de baecque wrote these writers respected rivette, considered him brusque, arrogant , dogmatic , did not hesitate excommunicate adversaries or mediocrities. cahiers writers andré labarthe , michel delahaye praised him; delahaye said brilliant, peerless charisma.

according david thomson, rivette famous having little or no home life, not private life overlaps work. on own, rather sit in dark movie ; in 1956, described aloof , forbiddingly intellectual . bulle ogier described rivette secretive life: ve no idea does. see him when re filming or when bumped him in public, although felt close him. according ogier, had neuroses , anxiety prevented him answering phone, , talking personal life indiscreet , betrayal. laurence côte said joining rivette s inner circle of trusted friends difficult , required number of hurdles overcome , respect codes. martine marignac said rivette modest , shy, , circle of close friends grew used not hearing him prolonged periods of time. marignac said spends life going movies, reading, listening music. clear world of reality assaults him. jonathan romney reported in 1970s rivette went awol own shoots, invariably found watching rarity in 1 of left bank art cinemas. jean-pierre léaud, described rivette close friend, said person saw in film. , transmitted saw us, setting in march our own aesthetic ideas . director subject of 1990 documentary, jacques rivette, night watchman, directed claire denis , serge daney. travis mackenzie hoover wrote documentary portrays rivette lonerish tendencies , sort of transient no home or country, wandering or loitering in public space instead of staking out personal terra firma.

in 1960, appeared briefly girlfriend marilù parolini in jean rouch , edgar morin s cinéma-vérité documentary, chronique d un été. parolini secretary @ cahiers and, later, on-set still photographer rivette , other new wave filmmakers. , rivette married, broke shortly after stage version of nun closed , divorced. continued professional relationship; parolini collaborated rivette on l amour fou, duelle, noroît , love on ground co-writer, , took photographs on sets of nun , celine , julie go boating. parolini died in italy on 21 april 2012.

on 20 april 2012, film critic david ehrenstein posted online rivette had alzheimer s disease. bonitzer , marignac later said began feel disease s effects during negative experience of filming 36 vues du pic saint-loup. shooting days 4 hours on average , rivette lost track of had been filmed, lead shorter running time previous films. in mid-2000s, rivette met second wife veronique manniez. married shortly after diagnosed alzheimer s. marignac said that, her, avoided hospitals , able stay home. rivette , wife lived in rue cassette section of paris, caregivers , doctors attended him last 8 years of life.

death

rivette died on 29 january 2016 complications of alzheimer s disease @ age of 87, in home in paris. memorialized president francois hollande 1 of greatest filmmakers , praised minister of culture fleur pellerin. members of french film industry eulogized him; serge toubiana said rivette undoubtly reflective, thoughtful, intellectual figure of new wave. bulle ogier wrote rivette s body of work inventive, researched , structured. nothing making films interested him. isabelle regnier wrote rivette s secretive nature, observing mystery life prevails in grave. cinémathèque française director frédéric bonnaud called rivette influential , said tried invent new kind of cinema every film made. longtime collaborator pascale bonitzer said bit of outsider in nouvelle vague and, @ same time, soul, 1 of radical ones, , confidential. jean-michel frodon said incarnated spirit of new wave. hélène frappat praise use of mise en scène in regards portrayal of women. martin scorsese called him fascinating artist experimental of french new wave directors.

richard brody called rivette open , reticent of french filmmakers , claiming of rivette s films represent effort capture fullness of inner world, lifetime’s range of obsessions , mysteries. unlike other obituaries focused on filmmaking career, brody praised rivette influence on film criticism, singling out 1961 article on abjection (a review of gillo pontecorvo s holocaust film kapò). brody called touchstone discussing film in atrocities committed. in france, jean-marie pottier praised on abjection 1 of famous texts in history of french cinephile. other film critics have praised article include serge daney , antoine de baecque, , godard s famous quote tracking shots question of morality influenced article. locarno film festival artistic director carlo chatrian wrote rivette made first , best attempt transpose ideas of andré bazin critical writings , praised such articles genius of howard hawks , letter on rossellini.

rivette buried on 5 february 2016 in montmartre cemetery in paris, not far françois truffaut s grave. bonitzer, marignac , narboni spoke @ funeral. rivette s sister , nephews attended. véronique manniez-rivette told funeral goers angels said sing during moments of silence @ twenty minutes past hour, rivette had died @ 12:20pm. march 2016 issue of cahiers du cinema dedicated him. in may 2016 cinémathèque française announced rivette s first 3 short films had been rediscovered widow , being restored , screened @ festival coté court june.