More French Goodness Than You Can Probably Stand

Jacques Rivette's "Out 1" makes its L.A. premiere only 36 years late at UCLA's Billy Wilder Theatre in the Hammer Museum this weekend. The delay may have something to do with the film's length: 12 and a half hours.
If you can take it, though, this rare chance (it's only the fifth North American screening ever) to see one of the great masters of the French New Wave's key works is indispensible. As is often the case with Rivette ("Celine and Julie Go Boating," "La Belle Noiseuse"), it's a formally playful exploration of artistry and artifice, this time with large swaths of Aeschylus and Balzac referenced.
The two-day butt-numbathon starts at 2 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday, with dinner breaks scheduled in for both evenings. The UCLA Film & Television Archive presents this ultimate cineastes' weekend treat in cooperation with the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Los Angeles Filmforum and the Film and Television Department of the French Consulate.
For further information, go to http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/screenings/screenings.html.

Saturday July 28 2007, 2:00PM
OUT 1, EPISODES 1-4
(1971, France) Directed by Jacques Rivette and Suzanne Schiffman
The screening will begin at 2:00 pm with an introduction by Robert Koehler (Variety, Cinema Scope), followed by the first two episodes. The one-hour dinner break will begin at approx. 5:30 pm. Episode 4 will end at approx. 10 pm.
Screenwriter: Jacques Rivette, Suzanne Schiffman. Cast: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Bulle Ogier, Juliet Berto. Presented in French dialogue with English subtitles. 16mm, approx. 400 min.

Sunday July 29 2007, 2:00PM
OUT 1, EPISODES 5-8
The screening will begin at 2:00 pm with an introduction by Robert Koehler (Variety, Cinema Scope), followed by the Episodes 5 and 6. The one-hour dinner break will begin at approx. 5:20 pm. Episode 8 will end at approx. 9 pm. Presented in French dialogue with English subtitles. 16mm, approx. 350 min.