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First of two-part profile of nouvelle vague film director Jacque Rivette. An extended interview conducted by Serge Daney covering Rivette's early life, the importance to his career of André Bazin, his years with Cahiers du Cinema, the beginnings of the nouvelle vague movement in French cinema, its "newness", characterisitcs and influenece. Rivette discusses aspects of his film-making style. Originally produced for French television and subsequently broadcast in Britain as part of the "Cinema! Cinema!" season (in French with English subtitles).