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| Time OutGeoff AndrewAs impeccably shot as its subject deserves, the film is more accessible than most of Rivette's work, with characteristically playful passing nods to the relationship between life and performance. |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher NullIn this molasses-slow four-hour drama, Jacques Rivette proves that he's got an understanding of fine art, but a minimal one of the art of movies. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertSome movies are worlds that we can sink into, and La Belle Noiseuse is one of them. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzRivette is a quality director who has the skills and knowledge to tell such a non-action story and never allow the story to be anything but an honest intellectual effort. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Chris HicksObviously, the film is aimed at a fairly narrow audience -- primarily the art community. But the passion felt during those painting-and-posing sequences reaches a much broader spectrum. |
| Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonIn its own way this sensual, granular experience is just as pure and obsessive as Rivette's less hospitable masterpieces, and almost as mysterious. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumRivette's superb sense of rhythm and mise en scene never falters, and the plot has plenty of twists. |
| Dallas Morning NewsChris VognarLa Belle Noiseuse will immerse you in a one-of-a-kind portrait of the artistic process. |
| User Reviewld pLa Belle Noiseuse (1991) The Beautiful Troublemaker The film won the Grand Prix at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. Warning this film is 4 hours and is about art and artists. lots of dialogue and no action. classic french movie. A famous but reclusive painter, Frenhofer (Piccoli) lives quietly with his wife and former model (Birkin) in a large château in rural Languedoc-Roussillon. When a young artist visits him with his girlfriend Marianne (Béart), Frenhofer is inspired to commence work once more on a painting he long ago abandoned - La Belle Noiseuse - using Marianne as his model. The film painstakingly explores Frenhofer's creative rebirth, using lengthy real-time takes of the artist's hand (provided by Bernard Dufour) working on the canvas.. five stars magnificent but not recommended for most viewers. |
| User ReviewMartin TJacques Rivette's four-hour long LA BELLE NOISEUSE has been compared (rather rightfully so) to watching paint dry. Well, I guess I enjoy watching paint dry! Much of the film consists of long, stationary shots of the artist at work. The film tells the story of an aging artist who hasn't worked for ten years. When young Marianne (the always beautiful Emmanuelle Beart) comes to model for him, though, the creative juices being flowing, and he sets upon completing his should-be masterpiece, "La belle noiseuse." The two-hour version, DIVERTIMENTO was comprised of alternate takes, and it feels more like a typical foreign flick. In fact, DIVERTIMENTO feels a lot longer than its more spaciously paced counterpart. LA BELLE NOISEUSE is a rare, exceptional masterpiece of a motion picture. |