1957–1961: Paris Belongs to Us and the French New Wave Jacques Rivette

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françois truffaut outside theater showing claude chabrol s le beau serge, considered first film of french new wave. truffaut 1 of rivette s best friends, , , chabrol helped finance paris belongs us.


in 1957, italian neorealist director roberto rossellini announced wanted produce series of films life in france. several members of french new wave submitted scripts become first films, including chabrol s le beau serge, rohmer s sign of leo , truffaut s 400 blows. rivette, eager make film rossellini s help, co-writer gruault met italian director discuss cité universitaire melting pot of cultures , ideas in paris. rossellini suggested research project; shortly afterwards, received ₣100,000 script, entitled la cité, rossellini abandoned project , went india make film of own.


rivette , gruault revised story based on rossellini s critique, , wrote paris belongs us. title play on charles péguy s quote, paris belongs no one. borrowed equipment, loan of ₣80,000 cahiers du cinéma , short film-reel ends provided chabrol, silent film shot in summer of 1958 , sound added following year. among rivette s filming locations roof of théâtre sarah-bernhardt, rue des cannettes, place sorbonne , arts bridge. struggled finish film , find distributors.


in paris belongs us, anne (betty schneider), young parisian student rehearsing production of shakespeare s pericles, deals sudden death of play s composer, missing tape recording of musical score, secret society seeking world domination, eccentric, paranoid american journalist, suicide of play s producer , mysterious death of brother. chabrol, godard, jacques demy , rivette appear in minor roles.


le beau serge , 400 blows successful, , @ 1959 cannes film festival, truffaut , chabrol used fame promote paris belongs , rivette finish film. according truffaut, obtained funds completion, release of paris nous appartient score every member of cahiers du cinéma team . helped rivette premiere @ studio des ursulines on 16 december 1961, followed run @ agriculteurs cinema in paris. although reviews of film mixed, praised l express. pierre marcabru of combat said, connection between image , sound has never been striking, evocative or necessary , , jeander of liberation praised film s depiction of moral , intellectual confusion of these young people repressed epoch more elders . rivette, later said s film of sixteen-year-old child, maybe naïveté strength lies , won sutherland trophy best first film british film institute.


despite being first of friends begin work on feature, chabrol, truffaut , godard had feature-film debuts distributed before rivette in french press called new wave cinema. rivette later compared new wave impressionist painting; availability of paint in tubes, allowed artists paint outdoors, similar technological advancements enabling filmmakers shoot in streets. technical innovations such faster film stock , portable nagra sound recorder became available after director finished paris belongs us.








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