Both a precursor to and a critical member of the French New Wave, Agnes Varda weaves documentary and fiction into tapestries that portray distinctive places and complex human beings. Critics and aficionados have celebrated Varda's independence and originality since the New Wave touchstone Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962) brought her a level of international acclaim she has yet to relinquish. Film historian Kelley Conway traces Varda's works from her 1954 debut La Pointe Courte through a varied career that includes nonfiction and fiction shorts and features, installation art, and the triumphant 2008 documentary The Beaches of Agnes . Drawing on Varda's archives and conversations with the filmmaker, Conway focuses on the concrete details of how Varda makes films: a project's emergence, its development and the shifting forms of its screenplay, the search for financing, and the execution from casting through editing and exhibition. In the process, she departs from film history's traditional view of the French New Wave and reveals one artist's nontraditional trajectory through independent filmmaking. The result is an intimate consideration that reveals the artistic consistencies and bold changes in the career of one of the world's most exuberant and intriguing directors.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
ISBN-13
9780252039720
eBay Product ID (ePID)
216864055
Product Key Features
Author
Kelley Conway
Publication Name
Agnes Varda
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Zoology
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
210mm
Item Width
140mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Kelley Conway
Series Title
Contemporary Film Directors
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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