AGNES VARDA, mother of the nouvelle vague

I still haven't seen An Angel at My Table but I'm inclined to wag my finger at her for championing Sweetie.

Criterion needs to do a sweepstakes surrounding this closet.

They'd have to cap the number of movies you could take. I'd have far less shame than the people they typically feature.

You'd have a tough time outdoing these clowns:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSdxbBsShak

ugh i was just thinking about that, it looked like they took like 50 movies

I mean, I'd grab exactly 53 myself ... and then a few more DVD-to-BR upgrades to boot.)

Amoeba has a similar video series and I feel conflicted about watching them since I know that they're just trying to ease me into an acquisitive mindset.

Certainly putting the word "collection" in their brand didn't already serve the same purpose.

was afraid she'd died (sorry Agnes, you're probably immortal, I know)

anyway <3 that closet picks! :)

well holy shit I had no idea ELECTION was being added to the Collection! sweet list, Eric! gonna preorder that one ASAP, one of my favorite movies

A.V. was on hand to introduce One Sings, the Other Doesn’t at NYFF yesterday. I liked the first hour fine, but the next 45 mins were a little heavy on mid-'70s feminist acoustic-guitar ballads extolling Engels and pregnancy.

It was a new DCP, apparently forthcoming on Criterion?

― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius)

Saw this screening also and had a similar reaction. Too many songs! And acting was inconsistent. Didn't realize the mother of "Pomme" was played by the mother of the actress.

Faces Places had its poignant moments but she's shot and made to act like an old little dear.

multi-critic debate I witnessed had one fiercely insisting this film is not "twee"

It's too brief and amiable to give offense, but the reviews I've read that praise her attention to the working class don't mention how touristic the approach

Twee's a moving target. A fresh from film school trust fund floppy haired boy? Twee. A French octogenarian who has frequently shared air with Chris Marker? She gets a pass.

how about a classic director having her Godard-aping co-star take photos of he bare feet while she gigges?

Split decision. I know nothing about this JR character, so he may torpedo the whole thing.

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/f8/ed/08/f8ed08666b34fd4c999c78c47afd1486--iced-tea-nuest-jr.jpg

well, she is an old little dear.

A fair amount of this was staged/written, no? like the Godard 'villainy' climax.

I was tired and almost nodded off a few times, but Agnes OTM in the cemetery.

I liked the tough union wives

hahaha

Varda on her honourary Oscar https://t.co/4fScxq2BdE: pic.twitter.com/zdJowFkyTc

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Faces Places worked better on me the second time; it's about AV's mortality to a large degree, the Cartier-Bresson graveside scene being crucial

gotta be honest, this bump scared me

I haven't watched this yet because I get annoying Mr. Brainwash vibes from the co-director.

gotta be honest, this bump scared me

― flappy bird, 15. maj 2018 18:59 (forty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Otm :(

You don't have to love JR to like the film. I'd probably sleep with him, tho.

Jesus, I thought you dummies had killed her by bumping this, don't do that!

she's still working! what are we supposed to do?

turns 90 in a week or two

assorted retros going on, esp at MOMI in NY

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/5707-agn-s-varda-on-the-cusp-of-ninety

This (Faces Places) was terrific, very moving.

I saw Kung-Fu Master! yesterday, where Jane Birkin falls for a 14-year-old boy (played by Mathieu Demy). Good, strange little film, oddly not protested by any snowflakes I could see.

Filmstruck had a large program of Varda films for six months and that was one of the few I missed. :(

First of all, VARDA STILL ALIVE.

Just got out of a DCP screening of One Sings... Really beautiful and still timely, albeit perhaps a tad too long?

Reviewing the thread, I see my issues have been brought up already. One funny thing is how that wordless song at the end is more or less "Dust In The Wind".

missed the DCP when it was here in July, out on home video yet?

Vagabond is still the only Varda I've seen

Janus Films is touring it, so I imagine Criterion will have it out sooner or later.

And I assume that edition will have The Pleasure of Love In Iran (a companion short featuring three of the lead characters) as a bonus.

There's already a perfectly fine Region B Varda Blu Ray set that includes One Sings...

https://curzonartificialeye.com/the-agn%C3%A8s-varda-collection/

Saw the trailer for her latest film and I despise JR. What possessed her to collaborate with this creature?

he made a quick impression, eh

well she usta like Fidel Castro too

She might still like Castro for all we know!

Seriously, I think Varda could've just hung around Hoxton/Shoreditch for a few weeks and got it out of her system instead?

@ ward i don't have a region free player :(

announced as her swan song

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6198-varda-by-agn-shttps://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6198-varda-by-agn-s

Don't scare me, thread.

we're not gonna lock it just cuz she's 90

Like Aaliyah (and Ryan Adams?) said: "Age ain't nuthin' but a number, Morbs."

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6198-varda-by-agn-s

the link

I barely made it through the first 10 minutes tbh.

Viva is good, I like her more in Cisco Pike though (where she has some direct addresses as well, iirc)

And they're all so old! Viva was 30 and the two Hair guys were even older, Jim Rado was born in 1932! I couldn't see past the wig he had on too.

I must have said this elsewhere but I'm slowly filling (the vast) holes in my film knowledge and am largely being led by what I read on here. I've watched a couple of Vardas in the last week (Gleaners and Cléo From 5 To 7) and it has been like discovering a new author in some ways. This may just be coming to understand film grammar, but there's something very literary about her use of symbolism and the authorial frame.

Varda makes things seem so simple, almost as if there were barely an editing process at all; both films in their way, particularly Gleaners, feel like dérives. I know the answer is 'wherever the rapid passage through varied ambiences takes you,' but where does one go next?

I searched for this image because *eyes on stalks*. Didn't even notice the angel wings at the time.

https://www.classicartfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Cleo-2.bmp

This image:

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/578e9611b3db2b81e152317e/1524608062137-B68ZLJLHM3V9791TGAH8/Film+-+Varda++cleo-de-5-a-7+D*.jpg?content-type=image%2Fjpeg

I watched Le Bonheur last year, and I thought it was devastating... so pretty to look at, but such a dark outcome

Also: Vagabond holds up really well, such a good film

https://www.filmlinc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Le-bonheur-1600x900-c-default.jpeg