Abstract
Image associations between the Balzacian cenacle and the “young Turks” open this new chapter with the purpose of highlighting the importance of conspiracy and association in Rivette’s early years as a critic and filmmaker. It also explores the impact A Murky Business had on the director’s dialectical understanding of the relationship between fiction and history. An investigation on the mythological lineage between Ovid, Balzac and Bazin sheds light on the demiurgic aspirations of Rivettean cinema. More specially, the director provides solutions to the general feeling of disenchantment and anxiety of the post-1968 period by engaging with interdisciplinary contemporary currents, which aimed to surpass French’s society’s individualistic functioning. A close analysis of Out 1: Noli me Tangere demonstrates how Rivette faithfully integrates Balzac’s taste for secret societies and the return to epic, magical occurrences within radical film aesthetics.
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Tavassoli Zea, Z. (2019). Rivettean Cinema as the Acquisition of Hidden Knowledge. In: Balzac Reframed. Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30615-1_4
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