Arrow Academy's THE JACQUES RIVETTE COLLECTION: DUELLE/NOROIT/MERRY-GO-ROUND (review)

THE JACQUES RIVETTE COLLECTION collects three of Rivette's transitional and wildy-experimental films.  In DUELLE, a hotel porter, her neerdowell brother, and his lover become entangled in a supernaturally-tinged mystery involving two bewitching women.  Juliet Berto and Bulle Ogier star.  In NOROIT, Morag swears revenge against the pirates who murdered her brother and infiltrates the castle of pirate queen Giulia.  Geraldine Chaplin and Kika Markham star.  In MERRY-GO-ROUND, a French woman urgently summons her American boyfriend and her sister to France for help and they become involved in a delirious mystery of faked deaths and stolen cash.  Maria Schneider and Joe Dallesandro star.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Academy (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE JACQUES RIVETTE COLLECTION Blu-ray/DVD combo specs:

• Duelle (1976):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• French LPCM 1.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• "Remembering DUELLE" inteview with actresses Bulle Ogier and Hermine Karagheuz
• Noroît (1976):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• French/English LPCM 1.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles for the French dialogue
• Merry-Go-Round (1981):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 pillarboxed fullscreen
• English/French LPCM 1.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles for the French dialogue
• "Scenes from a Parallel Life: Jacques Rivette Remembers" archive interview with the director
• "Rosenbaum on Rivette" interview with critic Jonathan Rosenbaum
• Exclusive perfect-bound book containing new writing on the films by Mary M. Wiles, Brad Stevens, Ginette Vincendeau and Nick Pinkerton
• Reversible sleeves with original and newly commissioned artwork by Ignatius Fitzpatrick
• Limited to 3000 copies

Also available in the UK from Arrow with the addition of Region B Blu-rays and Region 2 NTSC DVDs of the films OUT 1 and OUT: SPECTRE:

All-region Blu-rays and Region 0 NTSC DVDs of OUT 1 and OUT: SPECTRE are available separately from Kino Lorber: