Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Jacques Rivette, Le pont du nord

Serge Daney's review of Rivette's Le pont du nord is translated in the booklet of Eureka new eponymous Blu-ray disc.

Jacques Rivette, Le pont du nord
First published in Libération on March 26th, 1982. Re-printed in La maison cinéma et le monde - volume 2, POL, 2002, pp. 99-102. Translated by Craig Keller, 2013.

In it, Daney describes the film as a western, a political thriller, a documentary on Paris, an "old modern film" and a "modern metaphor of ancient myths".
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12 comments:

  1. Anonymous31 July 2013 at 04:44

    Thank your for your work LK. Almost all of the Daney I've read has been through your blog. You may be interested in this, as it refers to The Tracking Shot in Kapo, which I first read in your translation in senses of cinema. Thanks again for this blog, it's a great resource.

    http://lareviewofbooks.org/essay/cinephilia-and-the-theaters-of-los-angeles-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-movies

    Thanks again,
    Nafis

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  2. Laurent31 July 2013 at 08:14

    Hello Nafis, thank you for the kind words. It's always surprising to see how much impact the Kapo article can have. And thanks for the article about LA art house theaters. Looks like a vibrant scene.

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  3. Rouge1 June 2020 at 06:10

    Hi!
    Could this article be found somewhere on the internet in French or English?

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    1. LK1 June 2020 at 08:12

      Hi, in French, it's in the Daney books published by POL and in English it's in the booklet of the Eureka DVD mentioned. Both are available commercially I think.

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    2. Rouge1 June 2020 at 08:46

      Thanks, but I haven't access to any of these. In fact it's impossible in my country and I eagerly wanted to read and translate it. Therefore I wanted to ask you to share the article if possible.

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    3. LK1 June 2020 at 10:21

      Hi, it's not my translation but let me ask around.

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  4. Rouge1 June 2020 at 10:46

    I greatly appreciate your help.

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    1. LK22 June 2020 at 04:00

      Hi, I did ask Eureka Videos but can’t seem to get an answer. I’ll Keep trying. The DVD is “discontinued” so there isn’t a commercial route to get the text.

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  5. Rouge22 June 2020 at 07:16

    Thanks Again!

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    1. LK3 July 2020 at 18:23

      Good news. It's coming up on the blog in the next few days. It will be a new post.

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  6. Rouge19 July 2020 at 07:15

    Oh! Seen it! I am really really thankful!

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  7. Klaus Krug22 May 2022 at 16:53

    Possibly, a new blog titled "Rivette's Paris", in german language with citations in french and english, might find your attention: nordnordwest9.blogspot.com. - Best regards from Hamburg.

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