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\ : : ' __7 A . . . EMMANUELLE AND MONSIEUR RIVETTE . .. , ,' , ‘ ,2 .i. ‘, ; , The beautiful EMMANUELLE BEART describes what it was like to work . . ,_ I - z. - ,,. . , -. if . : _._ 1; I . 1 . u z. with the great French New Wave auteur JACQUES RlVE‘lTE for a , , , ; u ,, ‘ JP , ‘ ‘ ‘ , , second time. ' '. ' ‘. j " ‘ ‘ ‘o J ' _ " ‘ “ " ‘ ‘lt’s been 12 years since I worked with Jacques Rivette on La Belle :' :w 1 2.: . .: z" 1' H 'v '- ..: 1' ' w z :' : »-:' Noiseuse and I’ve never lost sight of him. He isn’tthe sort of man who " :".: 1» ' f 2. » 1' 1' 2 explains things: I remember that for Histoire de Marie et Julien he ‘." ‘ 2: --t : w: ' if y :w ' : : :l .' z w asked if we could meet together several times and I remember talking 2w: 1". ‘ ' :v ' ‘.' w ' ' . . '~ ~ ' "v 2' " about my life with him, and little by little he outlined his idea of Marie v 1 z: . 2 a . : :~- I :' 1 Li." - '°
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consent. I thought it was an unusual idea, but very touching. t :i' v'. . .' 2 r: " ‘Jacques has a particular way of directing. He's like the cat : at f» : . :1 ° :
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you forget there’s a director there. He gives you a 20 page outline, so 4/ i1: 1' v . .1
there are possibilities for improvisation and for you to fill in your space: I» .«i -~» ,-:~:. 1' ‘19:“ o. $33 4 «'x' I: 1 it’s about what you bring from your own life to the role, and how you 4.191. ‘r M». :3". z: w :f take your time and say your words. He was very anxious about the love i" , ; -' ' n m 1» scenes, because he's so shy and modest, so my co-star Jerzy "ML. »- 'f‘.:;r. l m ; av»: Radiziwilowicz and I took on the responsibility for them ourselves. figiitllji‘l‘~‘.’ i» w ‘r ,l‘7 w. 7' ‘I never thought of Marie as a ghost - I perceived her as somebody nut. ii. :igw "1:1? ,iw anr.‘ t“ v
who is alive and who is searching for her identity. She has a way of "‘{l“‘l"‘. tr ;: y :l v' t l w» 2 moving about in the film, which seems to distort space and time. She is ::,t , v- “nit 3*» g: t r. m: looking for a very precise place in the house to build something, in... i: l’ "-;l “math-m although she is not quite sure what or how. Only in the very small room Mann: .r. r'lgi".‘-!' u.» l’w. : ..t '
at the top of the house does she feel at home. That’s the space where “‘41”. 3.0: . a I ; t» at“. f'w: she has to accomplish her task.‘ m w rm» rm: i (Interview by Tom Dawson) v w: mm .mfw 41' ism: :ztlw-t IH/Slo/re (18 Marie 0! Jul/en, Film/muse. Edinburgh from Fr/ 26 Nov. mkertwl « ‘ .i wafw ". .1. " m”
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