Friday, May 30, 2008

Happy 80th, Agnès V.


Une bonne soeur


Today Agnès Varda turns 80. I suppose I don't know how to salute with sufficient gratitude this genius, this sage, who draws inspiration out of every single life's heartbeat — anyone who's seen Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse [The Gleaners and the Gleaness, 2000] or Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse... deux ans après [The Gleaners and the Gleaness... Two Years Later, 2002] or Uncle Yanco [1967] already knows the shape of the jigsaw piece I'm considering. All I can say, maybe, is — Agnès, today I covered my west-facing living room windows in colored Reynolds Wrap because the 2pm-6:30pm hours have been far too white; makeshift gel filters, then, and giant 3D glasses, too. Probably your salute to the sun, Uncle Yanco, was in my mind. And in my heart, as well.

-ck.

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Bientôt sur cet écran, 2008:




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2 comments:

  1. I love Varda -- Cléo from 5 to 7 and Vagabond are two of the greatest films of the 20th Century. I did not know about Les Plages d'Agnès until just now -- thanks! Also I need to take a look at Uncle Yanco.

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  2. Varda's got a little Deneuve in her eyes in that first photo...

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