90 minutes of story and character depth stretched into 4 hours. It's an entirely dull experience but Rivette uses some interesting techniques to give it the form of a documentary.

923

Disconcertingly complex. This'll take a while to digest.

#912

I have only seen it with incomplete subs

Rivette does some interesting things, but they're not THAT interesting. On the other hand, he wastes a lot of the viewer's time with some boring stuff, but it's not THAT boring. As in Out 1, the most egregious material concerns a theatrical troupe rehearsing. It serves an obvious narrative function, but it's still pretty dull stuff. It takes an awfully long time for the film to start coming into focus. I'm undecided at to whether or not Rivette needs all that seemingly excessive build-up.

# 961

890