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Jacques Rivette, le veilleur
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Wikipedia article
'Jacques Rivette, le veilleur' (English: 'Jacques Rivette, the nightwatchman') is a 1990 French television documentary film directed by Claire Denis and Serge Daney. Chronicling the life of film critic and director Jacques Rivette, it is an episode of the long running French TV show 'Cinma, de notre temps', which profiles the lives of film directors. It was directed by Denis, with Daney acting as the interviewer. It was made in 1990and first broadcast on Arte on 24 February 1994. It is broken up into two parts: 'Le Jour' (70 minutes) and 'La Nuit' (54 minutes).[http://prep-cncfr.seevia.com/idc/data/Recherche/fiche2.asp?idf=943 'Jacques Rivette, le veilleur'] sur le site Images de la culture du Centre national de la cinmatographie.
Participants
* Jacques Rivette
* Serge Daney
* Bulle Ogier
* Jean Babile
* Jean-Franois Stvenin
Reception
Travis Mackenzie Hoover wrote that the documentary portrays Rivette with "lonerish tendencies" and as "a sort of transient with no home or country, wandering about or loitering in public space instead of staking out some personal 'terra firma'."
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