Marlene Dearest
Riva is no scholar, critic or cinemaniac. She’s a storyteller, which is why she seems able to record long conversations that took place before she was born, or in places she wasn’t. This is disconcerting at first until you get the idea: when you set out in search of lost time, you ride on the twin engines of imagination and memory. Is Riva making some of this up? Details, details....