Jacques Rivette on DVD

By: Brian Davisson

This list is an attempt to keep track of the films of Jacques Rivette that are available to a non-French speaking audience. Obviously several of his films are not available at all, and several have been released with French audio but no subtitles. Please update in the comments if you see anything missing, incorrect, or incomplete on this list.

The release of the German edition of Out 1 seems to have been delayed until late 2012 (I think I saw October as the new release date). According to a post I saw on the Criterion forum (so with no clear idea how accurate this is), it looks like the German edition was delayed to ensure that it is released at the same time as editions in other countries. So, bad news on the delay, but very good news if it’s soon to appear elsewhere.

Releases with English or other subtitles:

Paris Nous appartient (1960):
– Region 2, BFI [Includes ‘Le coup du Berger’ as an extra]
– Region 2, Kinowelt [German release; possibly OOP individually, but available in a 10 disc Französisches Kino box set with works from other directors]

Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974):
– Region 2, BFI

Duelle (1976):
– Region 2, Kinowelt [with German subtitles; included in set Vier Meisterwerke with Céline and Julie Go Boating, Merry-Go-Round, and Va Savoir]

Merry-Go-Round (1981):
– Region 2 [but labeled Region 0], Ripley’s Home Video [Italian release, has Italian subtitles that cannot be removed, with dialogue in English and French]

Le Pont du Nord (1981)
– Region 2, Columbia [with Japanese subtitles, and apparently out of print; oddly, it seems to have been available in Japan but not in France?]

Love on the Ground (1984):
– Region 2, Bluebell
– Region 2, Intermedio [Spanish release]

Wuthering Heights (1985):
– Region 1, Image
– Region 2, Bluebell
– Region 2, Intermedio [Spanish release]

Gang of Four (1988):
– Region 2, Bluebell
– Region 2, Intermedio [Spanish release]

La Belle noiseuse (1991):
– Region 1, New Yorker Films [OOP]
– Region 2, Artificial Eye [Editions with and without Divertimento]
– Region 2, Intermedio [Spanish release]
– Region 2[?], Zona [Czech release, bundled with Histoire de Marie et Julien]
– Region 4, Accent

Jeanne la Pucelle I: The Battles (1994):
– Region 1, Facets [Bundled with Part II, but abridged and possibly now OOP]
– Region 2, Artificial Eye

Jeanne la Pucelle II: The Prisons (1994):
– Region 1, Facets [Bundled with Part I, but abridged and possibly now OOP]
– Region 2, Artificial Eye

Secret Defense (1998):
– Region 1, Image [OOP?]
– Region 2, Artificial Eye
– Region 2, Intermedio [Spanish release]

Va Savoir (2001):
– Region 1, Sony [OOP?]
– Region 2, Artificial Eye
– Region 4, Madman Entertainment

The Story of Marie and Julien (2003):
– Region 0, Accent [Australian release]
– Region 1, Koch Lorber
– Region 2, Artificial Eye
– Region 2, Intermedio [Spanish release]
– Region 2[?], Zona [Czech release, bundled with La Belle noiseuse]

The Duchess of Langeais/Don’t Touch the Axe (2007):
– Region 1 [Not sure of the distributor, and seems to be out of print]
– Region 2, Artificial Eye
– Region 2, Intermedio [Spanish release]

36 vues du Pic Saint Loup/Around a Small Mountain (2009):
– Region 1, Cinema Guild