Paris Belongs To Us (Criterion region 1 DVD)

This is the debut feature by the recently passed away (January 2016) French New Wave director, Jacques Rivette from 1961 (Rivette started this film in 1958 but was not finished and released until 1961). Rivette was also one of the original critics turned filmmaker (Truffaut, Godard and others from the Cahiers du Cinema magazine). Paris Belongs to Us is suffused with a lingering post-World War II disillusionment while also evincing the playfulness and fascination with theatrical performance and conspiracy that would become hallmarks for the director. This disc is from a new 2K restoration. Bonus materials including a short film by Rivette featuring cameos by fellow French New Wave directors Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, and Francois Truffaut.