Episode 277 · Film year 1974
Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
- Special Guests
- Jonathan Rosenbaum, Mary Wiles
- Guest Co-Hosts
- Heather Drain, Chris Stachiw
Show notes
Jacques Rivette's Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974) tells a story of friendship, adventure, and magic between two women (Juliet Berto and Dominique Labourier) in Paris.
Interviews this week include Jonathan Rosenbaum (opens in a new tab) (Rivette: Texts and Interviews) and Mary Wiles (Contemporary Film Directors: Jacques Rivette).
Heather Drain (Mondo-Heather.com) and Chris Stachiw (Kulturecast) join Mike to unwrap the candy that is Celine and Julie Go Boating.
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Interviews this week include Jonathan Rosenbaum (opens in a new tab) (Rivette: Texts and Interviews) and Mary Wiles (Contemporary Film Directors: Jacques Rivette).
Heather Drain (Mondo-Heather.com) and Chris Stachiw (Kulturecast) join Mike to unwrap the candy that is Celine and Julie Go Boating.
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Labels: Chris Stachiw French New Wave Heather Drain Jacques Rivette Jonathan Rosenbaum Mary Wiles
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Music credits
- "Donald and Julie go Boating" - Techno Twins
- "I'll Be You" - The Replacements
Links & resources
- Buy Celine and Julie Go Boating on Blu-ray (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Jacques Rivette by Mary Wiles (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Rivette Text and Interviews by Jonathan Rosenbaum (opens in a new tab)
- Ask New Yorker Films to release Celine and Julie on Blu-ray / DVD (opens in a new tab)
- Read Desperately Seeking Celine and Julie by Reid Rosefelt (opens in a new tab)
- Read Mirror, mirror: Jacques Rivette, the Marx Brothers and the plays we game by Brad Stevens (opens in a new tab)
- Listen to Let Us Now Praise Jacques Rivette by The Cinephiliacs (opens in a new tab)
- Read Jacques Rivette on Out 1 and Céline and Julie Go Boating on BFI.org (opens in a new tab)
- Read Exploring the Haunted Grounds of Sérail by Imran Khan (opens in a new tab)
- Read Celine and Julia Go Boating Subversive fantasy by Julia Lesage (opens in a new tab)
- Read Celine and Julie: The Typeface by Pat Graham (opens in a new tab)
- Read about The Personal is Political (opens in a new tab)
- Visit the official Jonathan Rosenbaum website (opens in a new tab)
- Visit the official Mondo Heather website (opens in a new tab)
- Visit the Kulture Shocked website for more of Chris Stachiw (opens in a new tab)
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Comments (1)
DavidEhrenstein "Celine and Julie Go Boating" grew out of an aborted Rivette project called "Phoenix." It was to have starred Jeanne Moreau as a stage actress and Juliet Berto as her dresser. But Rivette though it was too close to "All About Eve" and decided that he wanted to do something different, specifically a comedy. Rivette and Eduardo De Gregorio came up with the basic idea of "Celine and Julie" but all the cast contributed -- and get credit for it. Yes these more than a soupcon of the Sapphic. But it doesn't really take root as the film is about rescuing one's childhood and therefore is pre-sexual.