| The Cinema of Agnès Varda: Resistance and Eclecticism Contributor(s): Benezet, Delphine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0231169744 ISBN-13: 9780231169745 Publisher: Wallflower Press OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - Direction & Production - Literary Criticism - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 791.430 |
| LCCN: 2015295337 |
| Series: Directors' Cuts |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (0.88 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Agn s 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 r veries, 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. |