Talk:Jacques Rivette/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Carbrera (talk · contribs) 03:38, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay! I will be copying and pasting my review that I performed today while on an airplane from Microsoft Word. Thanks for understanding! Cheers, Carbrera (talk) 23:57, 23 June 2016 (UTC).

Lead

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1928-1950: Early life and move to Paris

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=== 1950-1956: Film criticism and Le Coup du Berger"

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=== 1957-196: Paris Belongs to Us and the French New Wave"

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1962-1967: Editor of Cahiers de cinéma and The Nun controversy

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• Once again, take a look at how you have your dates "31 August 1965" and so forth. I'm not sure whether its stylistic or not, but typically I see it "August 31, 1965".

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1968-1972: Political activism and cinematic style

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1973-1982: Fantasy films and nervous breakdown

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1983-1991: Partnership with Marginac and increased recognition

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1992-2009: Later films and retirement

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Themes and style

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Legacy

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Personal Life

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• Look at the date layout "21 April 2012".

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Death

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End of GA Review:

Performed a sorta–copyedit here, so I apologize for the length of the review. If there any mistakes regarding the review, I also apologize, as I was on a plane as this took place haha! On hold for seven days to allow changes to be made to the article! Thanks and good luck! Cheers, Carbrera (talk) 23:59, 23 June 2016 (UTC).

Ack, sorry, I've forgotten about this. I'm going to try and make corrections ASAP. -- Zanimum (talk) 15:46, 29 June 2016 (UTC)