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Date: June 10, 2019 at 16:40:55
From: shadow, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Agnès Varda, Legend of French New Wave & Beyond Dead at 90 |
URL: https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/agnes-varda-legend-of-the-french-new-wave-and-beyond-dead-at-90/ |
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Excerpt: "Celebrated filmmaker Agnès Varda, who spent
the better part of her life ruminating on the nature
of time, the interior and exterior lives of women,
and the socially marginalized, died today at the age
of 90. According to a statement from her family: “The
director and artist Agnès Varda died at her home on
the night of Thursday, March 29, of complications
from cancer. She was surrounded by her family and
friends.
Varda’s first film, 1955’s La Pointe Courte, has been
acknowledged by critics as a forerunner of the French
New Wave. She followed that with a series of shorts
and, then, in 1962 with Cléo from 5 to 7, the film
that would cement her legend. The film, starring
Corinne Marchand and scored by Michel Legrand (who
died in January at age 86), follows a Parisian pop
singer in real time as she awaits the results of a
biopsy that will determine whether or not her
cancerous stomach tumor is inoperable. According to
our own Eric Henderson:
'All throughout, Varda captures the fairy-tale
essence of early-‘60s Paris with a vivacity and
richness that rivals Godard’s Breathless. Unlike her
New Wave compatriots, whose talents were reared in
part at film schools, Varda was trained in the field
of photography and consequently films the city with a
completely unique vision...'"
More at link...
Then below this I'll post the Wiki on French New
Wave, for anyone not dialed into this particular
genre and are curious...
Then below that, I'll put a YouTube link to the full-
length version of the beautiful, delightful
documentary she did with street artist JR...to me,
her crowning glory... ;->
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Date: June 10, 2019 at 16:43:25
From: shadow, [DNS_Address]
Subject: French New Wave film genre |
URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_New_Wave |
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Date: June 10, 2019 at 16:48:38
From: shadow, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Faces Places, trailer only, by Agnes Varda & JR... |
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rKZcAiLHlY&list=PLVhJSoTo1fI6IzCCsI1fUOyNj0v-oMJJu |
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...ack, sorry, thought I had a full-version link here
but non... Easily accessible though I'm sure... ;->
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