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QUESTIONS for those who've seen Out 1, nmt

posted 17 years ago by DC_Collins
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I just got through a screening at UCLA this weekend. I came a half an hour late to the beginning, and had to miss the 3rd and 4th episodes altogether. (I know I missed some things, yet I imagine some other information was never revealed.)

1. Is either Pierre or Igor ever on screen?
2. I got the sense that Pierre was responsible for the funding that Thomas received, which allowed the theater company to survive. Seemed to create something like a plot in the 2nd half, as Thomas sought to protect Pierre from blackmail, and thus safeguard the Aeschylus venture. Does anyone agree?
3. Who first passed the '13' papers to Colin?
4. About the guy that Bulle Ogier clubbed on the head: was this Rivette? Also, what was the character doing there, and how were the pornographers in business with Ogier/Emilie/Pauline?
5. I zoned for a moment, really a tiny lapse, and missed what happened with Lili at the end. I'm guessing she left Thomas, as he was quite distraught on the beach at the end... is this right? Did she give any reasons?

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[–] gmiriello 17 years ago

I don't think you understand what this film is about. Plot is not an emphasis. No, Pierre nor Igor ever appear. Marie gave the papers to Colin, but nothing is ever explained. Think of it as a ghost story.

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[–] gmiriello 17 years ago

I'm not going to get into a spat on IMDB, for chrissakes. You know nothing about me, nor my personality. Leave it at that.

[–] boojum-2 17 years ago

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4. About the guy that Bulle Ogier clubbed on the head: was this Rivette? Also, what was the character doing there, and how were the pornographers in business with Ogier/Emilie/Pauline?

You were close - it was the film's producer, Stephane Tchalgadjieff. Jonathan Rosenbaum, in one of his essays on the film, says this scene is a deliberate irrelevance, so I don't think you missed anything by not knowing what was happening here.

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[–] gmiriello 17 years ago

Absolutely...that's what I meant by a ghost story...the fact that these people are constantly looking for an outlet for their creativity and restless energy, and never really attain what they want or what they seek, makes it a very sad and eerie film. Rivette's handling of space and time, much as in all of his best work, manages to amplify emotional potency and instills a literate, existential aura. It's about as expansive a film as I've ever seen.

p.s.--> The scene near the end when the characters talk backward (Colin and a woman, in the rehearsal studio) is evidence of this nonsensical element running throughout the film. So yeah, some things in Out 1 were not meant to be understood.