For the first time ever in Melbourne, MIFF will present a screening of the 1971 Jacques Rivette magnum opus Out 1: Noli me tangere. At an impressive 12+ hours in length, the film is mostly improvised and set in the studios, cafés and streets of Paris, and functions as a time capsule of Paris in the aftermath of May 1968.
In the past the film has been touted as “The cinephile’s holy grail,” by The New York Times, stating that “In the annals of monumental cinema, there are few objects more sacred than Out 1.”
