{"id":27591,"date":"2020-05-11T23:41:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T03:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=27591"},"modified":"2020-05-11T23:57:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T03:57:39","slug":"criterion-announces-agnes-varda-box-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2020\/05\/11\/criterion-announces-agnes-varda-box-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Criterion Announces Agn\u00e8s Varda Box Set"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"M<\/span>assive, landmark box sets are becoming more and more common from The Criterion Collection, but so far it's still exciting! They have just announced The Complete Films of Agn\u00e8s Varda. I have seen a number of her films, but there is so much more to see!<\/p>\n

Here are some of the details from The Criterion Collection:<\/p>\n

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A founder of the French New Wave who became an international art-house icon, Agn\u00e8s Varda was a fiercely independent, restlessly curious visionary whose work was at once personal and passionately committed to the world around her. In an abundant career in which she never stopped expanding the notion of what a movie can be, Varda forged a unique cinematic vocabulary that frequently blurs the boundaries between narrative and documentary, and entwines loving portraits of her friends, her family, and her own inner world with a social consciousness that was closely attuned to the 1960s counterculture, the women's liberation movement, the plight of the poor and socially marginalized, and the ecology of our planet. This comprehensive collection places Varda's filmography in the context of her parallel work as a photographer and multimedia artist\u2014all of it a testament to the radical vision, boundless imagination, and radiant spirit of a true original for whom every act of creation was a vital expression of her very being.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Here are the films in the set, arranged as a film festival.<\/p>\n

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  • Agn\u00e8s Forever<\/strong> \u2013 Varda by Agn\u00e8s<\/em> (2019), Les 3 boutons<\/em> (2015)<\/li>\n
  • Early Varda<\/strong> \u2013 La Pointe Courte<\/em> (1955), \u00d4 saisons, \u00f4 ch\u00e2teaux<\/em> (1958), Du c\u00f4t\u00e9 de la c\u00f4te<\/em> (1958)<\/li>\n
  • Around Paris<\/strong> \u2013 Cl\u00e9o from 5 to 7<\/em> (1962), Les fianc\u00e9s du pont Macdonald<\/em> (1962), L'op\u00e9ra-mouffe<\/em> (1958), Les dites cariatides<\/em> (1984), T'as de beaux escaliers, tu sais<\/em> (1986)<\/li>\n
  • Rue Daguerre<\/strong> \u2013 Daguerr\u00e9otypes<\/em> (1975), Le lion volatil<\/em> (2003)<\/li>\n
  • Married Life<\/strong> \u2013 Le bonheur<\/em> (1965), Les cr\u00e9atures<\/em> (1966), Elsa la Rose<\/em> (1966)<\/li>\n
  • In California<\/strong> \u2013 Uncle Yanco<\/em> (1968), Black Panthers<\/em> (1970), Lions Love (. . . and Lies)<\/em> (1969), Mur Murs<\/em> (1981), Documenteur<\/em> (1981)<\/li>\n
  • Her Body, Herself<\/strong> \u2013 One Sings, the Other Doesn't<\/em> (1977), R\u00e9ponse de femmes<\/em> (1975), Plaisir d'amour en Iran<\/em> (1977)<\/li>\n
  • No Shelter<\/strong> \u2013 Vagabond<\/em> (1985), 7 p., cuis., s. de b. . . . (\u00e0 saisir)<\/em> (1985)<\/li>\n
  • Jane B<\/strong>. \u2013 Jane B. par Agn\u00e8s V.<\/em> (1988), Kung-Fu Master!<\/em> (1988)<\/li>\n
  • Jacques Demy<\/strong> \u2013 Jacquot de Nantes<\/em> (1991), The Young Girls Turn 25<\/em> (1993), The World of Jacques Demy<\/em> (1995)<\/li>\n
  • Simon Cin\u00e9ma<\/strong> \u2013 One Hundred and One Nights<\/em> (1995)<\/li>\n
  • La glaneuse<\/strong> \u2013 The Gleaners and I<\/em> (2000), The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later<\/em> (2002)<\/li>\n
  • Visual Artist<\/strong> \u2013 Faces Places, codirected with JR<\/em> (2017), Salut les cubains<\/em> (1964), Ulysse<\/em> (1982), Ydessa, les ours et etc. . . .<\/em> (2004)<\/li>\n
  • Here and There<\/strong> \u2013 Agn\u00e8s de ci de l\u00e0 Varda<\/em> (2011)<\/li>\n
  • Beaches<\/strong> \u2013 The Beaches of Agn\u00e8s<\/em> (2008)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    This is a set right up there with the greatest Criterion boxset ever: Ingmar Bergman's Cinema. I cannot wait!<\/p>\n<\/div>