Themes and Style
With Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette is one of the more experimental of the French New Wave directors.
Rivette's films progress in unconventional ways—often following multiple plots that can be romantic, mysterious, and comic all at once and employing extensive improvisation—and are often extremely long (Out 1 lasts 13 hours, although a 4½ hour version was later produced).
He was the subject of the 1990 documentary Jacques Rivette, the watchman, directed by Claire Denis.
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