Jacques Rivette Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by 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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jacques-rivette-quotes/#1b8a3197

And I took a long time to appreciate Lynch.
~Jacques Rivette


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jacques-rivette-quotes/#60627b36

Whereas with Sirk, everything is always filmed. No matter what the script, he's always a real director.
~Jacques Rivette


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jacques-rivette-quotes/#bc674791

For me, the film has to be incredibly bad to make me want to pack up and leave.
~Jacques Rivette


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jacques-rivette-quotes/#695e6b8c

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jacques-rivette-quotes/#67669f9e

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jacques-rivette-quotes/#1dad38f6

I guess I like a lot of directors. Or at least I try to.
~Jacques Rivette


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jacques-rivette-quotes/#af9c321e

Many filmmakers pretend that they never see anything, which has always seemed odd to me.
~Jacques Rivette


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jacques-rivette-quotes/#59545d9b

And the fact that I see so many films really seems to amaze certain people.
~Jacques Rivette


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jacques-rivette-quotes/#0f5401aa

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jacques-rivette-quotes/#9c5bde22

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