Comments on: Some Thoughts on Agnès Varda’s “Vagabond”

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By: A D Jameson

A D Jameson — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:51:34 +0000

I added Agnès Varda’s name to the title.

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By: A D Jameson

A D Jameson — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:15:32 +0000

I’ve seen it written in some places that she said BEACHES would be her last film, but I’ve seen it written in other places that she has no intention of stopping. I tend to believe the latter; I can’t picture her not working.

By: alan

alan — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:05:20 +0000

This comment is on the mark (as was the post itself). I was lucky enough to catch a Varda festival at Film Forum after “Gleaners” came out and found each film to be a key to the others.

By: Danielle Adair

Danielle Adair — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:02:04 +0000

That was nice to see the trailer. Great post. Varda’s now in her eighties and still so full of life; I can’t wait to see her works to come.

By: A D Jameson

A D Jameson — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:45:22 +0000

I should add that I think Varda’s work gets better the more you watch her films next to one another. She’s that kind of director where I think it’s best to watch maybe three of her films together, than one here or there.

That’s because there’s so much diversity between her films. I think of Welles the same way. So, for instance, Cleo gets even more interesting when watched next to Vagabond, and vice versa. Or next to Kung Fu Master. And so on.

Gleaners makes all of her other films very, very interesting.

Chris Marker works similarly.

By: A D Jameson

A D Jameson — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:43:14 +0000

The time is always ripe to rewatch it. Especially now that there’s that nice new DVD of it.

When I first saw Varda’s work a little over ten years ago, I liked it, but I wasn’t blown away by it.

I’ve had a very different reaction now, revisiting her.

Although it can go both ways, I guess. Not like there’s just one opinion about anything.

By: MoGa

MoGa — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:52:58 +0000

Whoops, forgot to say: You’ve got interesting observations here, and I enjoyed reading this.

By: MoGa

MoGa — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:52:25 +0000

I loved the red scarf moment in VAGABOND, and I hated that it began with a voiceover that never happened again. It’s been a while since I saw this, but I was on the whole not as taken as I’d hoped.