“The cinephile’s holy grail.” —Dennis Lim, The New York Times
Episodes 1 & 2 – Thursday, November 19 | 7 p.m.
Episodes 3 & 4 – Friday, November 20 | 7 p.m.
Episodes 5 & 6 – Saturday, November 21 | 7 p.m.
Episodes 7 & 8 – Sunday, November 22 | 7 p.m.
Special event pricing –Â Members see all eight episodes for just $8 | Non-members $12
The restoration and reappearance of Jacques Rivette’s legendary magnum opus brings this once impossible-to-see, 13-hour masterpiece to the big screen, for its world theatrical premiere run. The Oklahoma City Museum of Art will screen the film immediately after its commercial premiere at the BAMcinématek in Brooklyn, New York.
“Over eight episodes, a cast of French New Wave icons improvise a spellbinding tale involving two theater troupes rehearsing Aeschylus, a female con artist (Juliet Berto) who seduces her victims, and a deaf-mute (until he speaks) busker (Jean-Pierre Léaud) on a quest to uncover a mysterious secret society. As the characters’ paths crisscross and the film’s puzzle-box structure grows ever more elaborate, a portrait of post-May 1968 Paris and its dashed dreams emerges. The result is a cinematic experience unlike any other, in which, as Rivette himself put it: “the fiction swallows everything up and then self-destructs.” — BAMcinématek
Director Jacques Rivette 1971 France 773 minutes NR DCP
