36 Vues Du Pic Saint Loup -

“The film does indeed have about it an air of summation, or at least of farewell, as if it were the bittersweet encore at a closing night performance” Substack · (All (Parentheses)) Viewing Details Jacques Rivette's 36 Vues Du Pic Saint Loup - BOMB Magazine

: Shot in the Languedoc-Roussillon region, the mountain of the title (Pic Saint-Loup) looms in the background of many shots, serving as a natural anchor for the film's "Eden-like" aesthetic. 36 vues du Pic Saint Loup

: Reviewers at The New Yorker note that the way Rivette frames the peak against built artifacts mirrors how human identity is defined through performance within the film. Critical Perspectives “The film does indeed have about it an

“A whimsical eulogy of sorts to the New Wave icon’s treasured theme of life-as-performance. Modestly scaled and terse by Rivettian standards... it is a banquet of ideas about cinema and life” Reverse Shot Modestly scaled and terse by Rivettian standards