Jacques Rivette Quotes & Sayings
Enjoy the top 12 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Jacques Rivette.
Famous Quotes By Jacques Rivette
Many filmmakers pretend that they never see anything, which has always seemed odd to me. — Jacques Rivette
Cocteau is someone who has made such a profound impression on me that there's no doubt he's influenced every one of my films. — Jacques Rivette
For me, the film has to be incredibly bad to make me want to pack up and leave. — Jacques Rivette
And Twin Peaks, the Film is the craziest film in the history of cinema. I have no idea what happened, I have no idea what I saw, all I know is that I left the theater floating six feet above the ground. — Jacques Rivette
When you see the films of certain young directors, you get the impression that film history begins for them around 1980. — Jacques Rivette
I reject the word 'script' entirely-at any rate in the usual sense. I prefer the old usage-usually scenario-which it had in the Commedia dell'Arte, meaning an outline or scheme: it implies a dynamism, a number of ideas and principles from which one can set out to find the best possible approach to filming. — Jacques Rivette
I guess I like a lot of directors. Or at least I try to. — Jacques Rivette
Kubrick is a machine, a mutant, a Martian. He has no human feeling whatsoever. But it's great when the machine films other machines, as in 2001. — Jacques Rivette
Their films would probably be better if they'd seen a few more films, which runs counter to this idiotic theory that you run the risk of being influenced if you see too much. — Jacques Rivette
And I took a long time to appreciate Lynch. — Jacques Rivette
Whereas with Sirk, everything is always filmed. No matter what the script, he's always a real director. — Jacques Rivette