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Out 1
1990 · Film · 743 min
Directed by Jacques Rivette
While two theater groups rehearse plays by Aeschylus, two solitary individuals wander the Parisian streets hustling the populace for cash.
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Even if cinema is declining as a mass art form due to short attention spans, internet filesharing and streaming has made it more accessible than ever. I have been part of internet discussions about famously long films like Tarr's Satantango (7 hours) or Rivette's Out 1 (13 hours) where some participants were from non-Western countries, sometimes disadvantaged ones, but Bittorrent had brought all these riches to them.
See Karagarga and the vulnerability of obscure films[1].
"Without a service like Karagarga movie-lovers are in thrall to the whims of an implacable market — one whose recent and unerring shift to digital streaming has left vast swaths of cinema history to molder unseen. The myth that Netflix and iTunes offer a frontier where “everything” is available to watch instantly is a bad joke to anyone with a serious interest in movies. That crowd is forced, by the market itself, to fend for itself. Many of us would indeed buy an Out 1 Blu-ray or cue up Out 1 on Netflix if such a thing were possible. But in the meantime Karagarga will be cherished for the rare and valued access it affords."
[1] http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/weekend-post/karagarga-and-the-vulnerability-of-obscure-films