Whiling away a summer in Paris, director Jacques Rivette, working in close collaboration with his stars and coconspirators Juliet Berto and Dominique Labourier, set out to rewrite the rules of cinema in the spirit of pure play—moviemaking as an anything-goes romp through the labyrinths of imagination. The result is one of the most exuberantly inventive and utterly enchanting films of the French New Wave, in which Julie (Labourier), a daydreaming librarian, meets Céline (Berto), an enigmatic magician, and together they become the heroines of a time-warping adventure involving a haunted house, psychotropic candy, and a murder-mystery melodrama. Incorporating allusions to everything from Lewis Carroll to Louis Feuillade, Céline and Julie Go Boating is both one of the all-time-great hangout comedies and a totally unique, enveloping cinematic dream space that delights in the endless pleasures and possibilities of stories.
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- Audio commentary from 2017 featuring critic Adrian Martin
- Jacques Rivette: Le veilleur, a 1994 two-part feature documentary by Claire Denis, featuring an extensive interview with Jacques Rivette by film critic Serge Daney
- New interviews with actor Bulle Ogier and producer and actor Barbet Schroeder
- New conversation between critic Pacôme Thiellement and Hélène Frappat, author of Jacques Rivette, secret compris
- 1974 interview from Cannes with actors Juliet Berto, Bulle Ogier, and Marie-France Pisier
- 1974 episode of Pour le cinéma featuring interviews with Jacques Rivette, Bulle Ogier, and actors Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, and Marie-France Pisier
- Jacques Rivette: Histoires de titres, Short archival program featuring the filmmaker talking about the titles for his films
- Interview from 2004 with director Jacques Rivette
- Interviews from 2004 with actors Bulle Ogier, Dominique Labourier, and Marie-France Pisier
- An essay by critic Beatrice Loayza and a 1974 piece by Juliet Berto