Agnès VardaManchester University Press, 1998 - 213 pages Agnes Varda, one of the major French film-makers of the last 40 years, is here celebrated by Alison Smith, by examining both the early films and the later successes, such as Sans toit ni loi (1985), Jane B. par Agnes V. (1987) and Jacquot de Nantes (1991). Smith considers Varda's films in the light of her constant attention to film form, and process an integrated analysis of several major themes in her work, through a detailed study of her best-known or most significant films, which are then set in context against her lesser-known but very extensive oeuvre. |
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People and places | 60 |
Womens images and selfimages | 92 |
Time and memory | 142 |
Copyright | |
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