robotnic.co

  • Home
  • Hello!
  • Reading Week
  • 52 Books

Agnès Varda Season at Glasgow Film Theatre

05.26.2010 by Nicola Balkind //

Glasgow Film Theatre, in association with BFI, introduces Agnès Varda Season this month. At 82 years old, Varda is a pioneer of the French New Wave movement of the 1960s alongside iconic Cahiers du Cinéma contemporaries such as François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard. The series of four films celebrates the filmmaker’s stunning 55 year career.

The series begins with her second feature, Cleo Form 5 to 7 (1963). The film follows Cléo (Corrinne Marchand), a pop singer who wanders around Paris as she awaits the results of a biopsy. Featuring cameos from Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina, it explores existentialism, despair, and a strong feminine perspective. Cléo screens from Friday 28th to Monday 31st May.

One of Varda’s best known films,Vagabond (1985), screens on Tuesday 1st June. Mona (Sandrine Bonnaire), a nihilistic vagrant, traverses the frosty French wine country where her identity is revealed through her interactions with the locals.

On Sunday 6th June, her documentary The Gleaners and I (2000) explores the practice of ‘gleaning’ – scavenging for leftover food from farms or waste bins. Combining reportage and hand-held camerawork with art and photography, Varda’s investigative film parleys her identity as a filmmaker and as a gleaner.

Agnès Varda season draws to a close with three rarely-screened short films entitled Cinévardaphoto: Salut Le Cubains on Tuesday 8th June. Based on two photographs: one she took of a young Spaniard in 1954 and a portrait of artist Ydessa Hendeles, the film combines music and images in celebration of Cuba.

For full details of screening times and prices, visit the GFT website.

[Image from Wikipedia.]

Categories // Film

Follow Me

  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Recent Posts

  • Finding Our Way Back
  • Reading Week – The Cold Shoulder
  • Reading Week – In-between Days
  • Reading Week – Now More Than Ever
  • Reading Week? – Once In A Blue Moon Edition

Find Me Online

  • Goodreads
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

Recent Posts

  • Finding Our Way Back
  • Reading Week – The Cold Shoulder
  • Reading Week – In-between Days
  • Reading Week – Now More Than Ever
  • Reading Week? – Once In A Blue Moon Edition

Categories

  • Bookish Blether
  • Books
  • Film
  • News
  • Podcasts
  • Reading Week

Copyright © 2023 · Modern Studio Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in