Varda’s still photography could inspire her film making, she said in an interview, “When l made my first film, La Pointe Courte — without experience, — l took photographs of everything l wanted to film, photographs that are almost models for the shots, and l started making films with...
Agnes Varda, French director and photographer whose first film, La Pointe Courte (1954), was a precursor of the French New Wave movies of the 1960s. Her other notable movies included Cleo from 5 to 7 (1961) and Happiness (1964) and the documentaries The
Agnes Varda (French Film Directors)豆瓣评分:0.0 简介:The first introduction in English devoted wholly to Varda and aimed at a general and student audience. Places Varda's major films in the context of her whole oeuvre and follows the development of imp
"Agnès Varda’s startlingly individualistic films have earned her the title ‘‘grandmother of the New Wave’’ of French filmmaking. Her statement that a filmmaker must exercise as much freedom as a novelist became a mandate for New Wave directors, especially Chris Marker and Alain Resnais. Va...
Sontag, who were among the small group of artists represented in the prestigious seventh annual New York Film Festival (1969). Here they discuss their ideas and their films with Jack Kroll, senior editor at Newsweek magazine. Excerpts from both their films (Varda's Lions' love,...(展开全部...
A.O. Scott The New York Times
Agnes Varda: Ahead of the avant-garde.Profiles writer, director and producer Agnes Varda. Revolutionization of moviemaking by anticipating the New Wave movement in France; Changing cinematic writing; Concern with women's voices and visions; Search to explore on-screen aspects of women's lives; ...
“You don’t make films to watch them alone. You make films to show them,” Varda says. “We need to know why we do this work.” Early on,Varda’s work often focused on the fragility of the human condition. In her first film, “La Pointe Courte” (Jan. 9, Feb....
"Since I started to make films, more than 60 years ago, I said to the women, 'Go. Do.' There is [so] much work in cinema that can be made by women," she said. "So, it's nice for me to see that's becoming true. More women-directed films, they are gifted and gaining room...
Varda lectures audiences on the choices she’s made and the philosophies she’s employed throughout her films. LikeNoah BaumbachandJake Paltrow’s “DePalma,” which also played this festival a few years back, “Varda by Agnes” is essential, educational viewing. Full of clips ...