To Describe a Labyrinth: Dialectics in Jacques Rivette's Film Theory and Film Practice

Film-Philosophy 16 (1):30-54 (2012)
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This article will explore and explain the use of dialectics in Rivette’sfilm criticism through close reading of a number of his most intriguingarticles before going on to see what place these same concepts andstructures have in Rivette’s own debut feature Paris nous appartient,whose lengthy gestation and tortuous production accompanied much of thisfilm writing.

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10.3366/film.2012.0003

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