#B38: VARDA, Agnès: Agnès de Ci de là Varda (2011)

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VARDA, Agnès (France)
Agnès de Ci de là Varda [2011]
Spine #B38
Blu-ray


A freewheeling travelogue, a kaleidoscopic survey of the contemporary art scene, and a loving ode to creativity in all its forms, this five-part miniseries by the inimitable Agnès Varda takes us on a journey of discovery as she travels the globe — from Stockholm to St. Petersburg, Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City to Los Angeles — meeting with friends, artists, and fellow filmmakers. Along the way there are chats with titan auteurs Chris Marker (offering a window into his virtual reality world) and a 102-year-old Manoel de Oliveira (doing his best Chaplin impersonation); visits to the Hermitage Museum, the Venice Biennale, and the home of Frida Kahlo; glimpses into the studios of acclaimed visual artists like Christian Boltanski, Annette Messager, and Pierre Soulages; and Varda’s casually profound musings on everything from rivers to the Dutch masters to her own photography and installation works. Never before released in the United States, this catalog of wonders great and small is a unique invitation to see the world through the eyes of one of cinema’s most playfully perceptive artists.

235 minutes
Color
5.1 Surround
in French and English
1:77:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2020

Director/Writer


Agnès Varda was 83 when she directed Agnès de ci de là Varda.

Other Varda films in the Collection:

#B2: Les 3 Boutons (2015)
#B4: Ô Saisons, Ô Châteaux (1958)
#B3/#419: La Pointe Courte (1955)
#B7: Les Fiancés du Pont Macdonald (1962)
#B5: Du Côté de la Côte (1958)
#B6/#73: Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
#B34: Faces Places (2017)
#B12: Le Lion Volatil (2003)
#B13/#420: Le Bonheur (1965)
#B14: Les Créatures (1966)
#B15: Elsa la Rose (1966)
#B17/Eclipse Series 43: Black Panthers (1970)
#B16/Eclipse Series 43: Uncle Yanco (1968)
#B10: T'As de Beaux Escaliers, tu sais (1986)
#B21/#978: One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977)
#B20/Eclipse Series 43: Documenteur (1981)
#B22: Réponse de Femmes (1975)
#B19/Eclipse Series 43: Mur Murs (1981)
#B18/Eclipse Series 43: Lions Love (... and Lies) (1969)
#B35: Salut les Cubains (1964)
#B8: L'Opéra-Mouffe (1958)
#B23: Plaisir d'Amour en Iran (1977)
#B24/#74/#418: Vagabond (1985)
#B9: Les Dites Cariatides (1984)
#B25: 7 P., Cuis., S. de B. . . . (à Saisir) (1985)
#B26: Jane B. par Agnès V. (1988)
#B27: Kung-Fu Master! (1988)
#B28: Jacquot de Nantes (1991)
#B30: The World of Jacques Demy (1995)
#B29: The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993)
#B31: One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
#B32: The Gleaners and I (2000)
#B11: Daguerréotypes (1975)
#B36: Ulysse (1982)
#B39: The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
#B37: Ydessa, les Ours et Etc. . . . (2004)
#B33: The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later (2002)
#B1: Varda by Agnès (2019)

The Film


The Extras

The Booklet

Commentary

Video tribute

Documentary 1

Documentary 2

Documentary 3

Controversial altered ending

Theatrical trailer

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