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Although François Truffaut has written that the New Wave began "thanks to Rivette," the films of this masterful French director are not well known. Rivette, like his "Cahiers du Cinéma" colleagues Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol and Éric Rohmer, did graduate to filmmaking but, like Rohmer, was something of a late bloomer as a director. He made two shorts (At the Four Corners (1949) and The Quadrille (1950), starring Jean-Luc Godard); in the mid-1950s he served as an assistant to Jean Renoir and Jacques Becker; and in 1958 he was, along with Chabrol, the first of the five to begin production on a feature-length film. Without the financial benefit of a producer, Rivette took to the streets with his friends, a 16mm camera, and film stock purchased on borrowed money. It was only, however, after the commercial success of Truffaut's The 400 Blows (1959), Resnais' Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) and Godard's Breathless (1960) that the resulting film, the elusive, intellectual, and somewhat lengthy (135 minutes) Paris Belongs to Us (1961), saw its release in 1960. In retrospect, Rivette's debut sketched out the path which all his subsequent films would follow; PARIS NOUS APPARTIENT was a monumental undertaking for the critic-turned-director, with some 30 actors (including Chabrol, Godard and Jacques Demy), almost as many locations, and an impenetrably labyrinthine narrative. His next film, the considerably more commercial The Nun (1966), was an adaptation of the Diderot novel which Rivette had staged in 1963. The least characteristic of all his features, it was also his first and only commercial success, becoming a succèss de scandal when the government blocked its release for a year. Rivette's true talents first made themselves visible during the fruitful period, 1968-74. During this time he directed the 4-hour Mad Love (1969), the now legendary 13-hour Out 1 (1971) (made for French TV in 1970 but never broadcast; edited to a 4-hour feature and retitled Out 1: Spectre (1972)), and the 3-hour Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974), his most entertaining and widely seen picture. In these three films, Rivette began to construct what has come to be called his "House of Fiction"--an enigmatic filmmaking style influenced by the work of Louis Feuillade and involving improvisation, ellipsis and considerable narrative experimentation. Unfortunately, Rivette seems to have no place in contemporary cinema. On the one hand, his work is considered too inaccessible for theatrical distribution; on the other, although his revolutionary theories have influenced figures such as Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet and Chantal Akerman, he is deemed too commercial to be accepted by the underground cinema; he still employs a narrative and uses "name" actors such as Jean-Pierre Léaud, Juliet Berto, Anna Karina and Maria Schneider. Since CÉLINE AND JULIE, Rivette's career has been as mysterious as one of his plots. In 1976 he received an offer to make a series of four films, "Les Filles du Feu." Duelle (1976), the first entry, received such negative response that the second, Noroît (1976)--which some critics call his greatest picture--was held from release. The final two installments (one of which was due to star Leslie Caron and Albert Finney) were never filmed. The 1980s proved no kinder. He made five films, but only one of them, Love on the Ground (1984), opened in the US (it received disastrous reviews). Although he continues to be an innovative and challenging artist, Rivette has failed to find the type of audience that has contributed to the commercial success of his New Wave compatriots.- Actor
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Ronald E. House was born on 3 December 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Escape from New York (1981), Bullshot Crummond (1983) and Airplane II: The Sequel (1982). He died on 29 January 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Charles Brin was born on 3 February 1923 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for Grumpy Old Men (1993), A Serious Man (2009) and The Naked Man (1999). He died on 29 January 2016 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
- Virginia Herrick was born on 13 June 1916 in Elwha, Washington, USA. She was an actress, known for Roar of the Iron Horse - Rail-Blazer of the Apache Trail (1951), I Killed Geronimo (1950) and Secrets of Beauty (1951). She was married to Omar V. Garrison. She died on 29 January 2016 in Provo, Utah, USA.
- Sabatini Fernandez was born on 5 December 1930 in Kawit, Cavite, Philippines. He was an actor, known for Missing in Action (1984), Dahil sa isang bulaklak (1967) and The Untouchable Family (1988). He died on 29 January 2016.
- Gordon Goody was born on 11 March 1930 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He died on 29 January 2016 in Mojácar, Spain.
- Lee Newcom was born on 15 February 1951 in Burbank, Los Angeles County, California, USA. He died on 29 January 2016 in Normal, Illinois, USA.
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Aurèle Nicolet was born on 22 January 1926 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He was married to Christiane Gerhard. He died on 29 January 2016 in Switzerland.- László Versényi was born on 19 June 1931 in Poroszló, Hungary. He was an actor, known for És mégis mozog a föld (1973), Sólyom a sasfészekben (1974) and Széchenyi napjai (1985). He died on 29 January 2016 in Hungary.
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Ruth Rehmann was born on 1 June 1922 in Siegburg, Germany. She was a writer and composer, known for Herr Selinger geht zu weit (1977) and Ruth Rehmann singt Chansons und Lieder (1959). She died on 29 January 2016 in Trostberg, Bavaria, Germany.- Ekaterina Kuzmicheva was born on 31 October 1982. She was an actress, known for NLS Agency (2001) and Agentstvo NLS - 2 (2003). She died on 29 January 2016.
- Maria Soldatou was an actress, known for Storm (1965), Fevgo me pikra sta xena (1964) and The Lake of Sighs (1959). She died on 29 January 2016 in Athens, Greece.
- Ron McIntyre-Fender was born on 1 October 1954 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for The Ballad of Frankie Silver (2010) and Dust: A Tale of the Wired West (1995). He died on 29 January 2016 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.
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Born In Philadelphia, Tom Kennerly moved with his family to the San Fernando Valley at the age of two, and has returned when the industry requires it, and sometimes when it doesn't. His commitment to helping independent film makers cross the finish line with their projects has turned into a few short books and an occasional seminar on no-budget film making. He resides in his adopted hometown of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.- Additional Crew
Taras Domanczuk is known for Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990). Taras died on 29 January 2016 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.- Inés Edmonson was born on 1 June 1919 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for La virgencita de madera (1937), Una extraña mujer (1947) and Caprichosa y millonaria (1940). She died on 29 January 2016 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Linus Maurer was born on 15 January 1926 in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, USA. He died on 29 January 2016 in Sonoma, California, USA.
- Hans Niklos was born on 6 October 1938. He was an actor, known for Die Abenteuer des braven Soldaten Schwejk (1972), Hallo - Hotel Sacher... Portier! (1973) and Das kleine Haus (1969). He died on 29 January 2016.
- Albert Low was born in 1928 in London, England, UK. He died on 29 January 2016 in Montreal, Canada.