Contributor
Varda, Agnès, 1928-2019.
Edition Statement:Director-approved special edition.
Imprint[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2007]
Imprint2007
Description4 videodiscs (approximately 354 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. +1 booklet (54 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm)
Note:Originally produced as motion pictures in 1956, 1962, 1965 and 1985.
Note:Box set special features include : New restored digital transfers, supervised and approved by director Agnès Varda. Three short films by Varda: L Opéra Mouffe (1958), Du côté de la côte (1958), and Les fiancés du Pont Macdonald (1961). On Cléo from 5 to 7: a 2005 documentary on the making of the film; a short film from 2005 in which Varda retraces Cléo s steps through Paris; Varda speaking with Madonna about the film in 1993. On Le bonheur: new interviews with the three actors from the film; a 2006 discussion with four scholars about the film; footage of Varda on-set; 1998 interview with Varda; 2003 interviews on the concept of happiness. On Vagabond: a 2003 documentary on the making of the film; a 2003 interview with composer Joanna Bruzdowicz; a 1986 radio interview with writer Nathalie Sarraute; a 2003 interview with actress Marthe Jarnias. PLUS: New essays by Chris Darke, Adrian Martin, Amy Taubin, and Ginette Vincendeau; plus, a foreword on each film by Varda herself.
Note:[v. 1.] La Pointé Courté (1956) (80 min.) -- [v. 2.] Cléo de 5 à 7 = Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962) (89 min.) -- [v. 3.] Le bonheur = Happiness (1965) (80 min.)-- [v. 4.] Sans toi ni loi = Vagabond (1985) (105 min)
Note:La Pointé Courté. A film about a fishing town and a couple who are evaluating their changing relationship. Varda juxtaposes the two tales to create a unique perspective on life.
Note:Cléo from 5 to 7. A girl waiting for the result of a medical examination wanders around Paris thinking she has cancer; the film focuses on her ever-changing moods, and her search for answers.
Note:Le bonheur. Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse young husband and father François finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive postal worker.
Note:Vagabond. Mona, an aimless drifter in the French countryside, deeply touches the lives of the people she meets and confronts them with her own ideas of freedom.
Note : PerformerSilvia Monfort, Philippe Noiret, Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Jean-Claude Drouot, Claire Drouot, Sandrine Bonnaire, Setti Ramdane.
System Details NotesDVD; Dolby digital, mono.
Location Note : REQUEST AT THE CHECK-OUT DESK.
