The Cinema of Agnes Varda: Resistance and Eclecticism

Description

Product ID:	9780231169752
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	US
Series:	Directors' Cuts
Title:	The Cinema of Agnes Varda
Subtitle:	Resistance and Eclecticism
Authors:	Author: Delphine Benezet
Page Count:	208
Subjects:	Individual film directors, film-makers, Individual film directors, film-makers
Description:	Select Guide Rating Agnes Varda, a pioneer of the French New Wave, has been making radical films for over half a century. Many of these are considered by scholars, filmmakers, and audiences alike, as audacious, seminal, and unforgettable. This volume considers her production as a whole, revisiting overlooked films like Mur, Murs/Documenteur (1980-81), and connecting her cinema to recent installation work. This study demonstrates how Varda has resisted norms of representation and diktats of production. It also shows how she has elaborated a personal repertoire of images, characters, and settings, which all provide insight on their cultural and political contexts. The book thus offers new readings of this director's multifaceted reveries, arguing that her work should be seen as an aesthetically influential and ethically-driven production where cinema is both a political and collaborative practice, and a synesthetic art form.
Imprint Name:	Wallflower Press
Publisher Name:	Columbia University Press
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2014-05-20

Weight	288 g
Dimensions	234 × 164 × 10 mm