Talk:Agnès Varda/Archive 1

CLEO PAR 5 A 7
COMMENT E CORINNE MARCHARND  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.79.10.58 (talk) 12:08, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

According to Varda in comments she made at an appearance at the University of Chicago 11 Oct 2015, which I attended, "Cleo from 5 to 7" _is_ diegetic, even though the time period covered in the film is only 90 minutes. The title refers to an expression utilizing the timeframe of '5 to 7' found in French vernacular which references the time spent, once a week typically, consummating a tryst between illicit lovers, which she adapted for use in this film. The actual time elapsed in the film is 5 to 6:30. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:30A:2EA0:AB50:211:24FF:FECF:C494 (talk) 02:19, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Plans to edit article
In the coming weeks, I am planning to do a moderately extensive edit of this article for an academic project. I plan to restructure the "Life and career" section (with an Early life, Personal life, and Professional life section). I also want to add a Style section that discusses her documentarian, experimental style. Varda is known for coining the term "cinecriture," and has used the term to define her style. I want to define and describe cinecriture. I will attempt to find further information about her other artwork (photography, sculptures, exhibitions, etc.) that I will add to her Professional life section. Frankiefillis (talk) 02:57, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Q: is cinecriture a concept/word unique to Varda, or is it used by other notable filmmakers? If it's the latter you might want to create an article about cinecriture and stick the bulk of the definition and expository work in there. Beyond that, I say go for it! Just remember to cite the additions whenever possible. Tabercil (talk) 12:52, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

Your edits seem very thorough and the article is a lot more complete. It is nice that all of her film and work credentials are listed. It is unfortunate that there is not a lot of more biographical information, but I am sure there is a lack of academic resources about Varda's life. But the article looks very clean and concise. All the writing is objective and well written! Good edits!Jengoldberg315 (talk) 21:16, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

I believe that the edits that were made were very necessary and greatly contributed to the article. Though i am sure it was difficult to gather information on Varda I believe that you were able to find important information and made valuable changes to the flow and general read of the article. Breaking up the sections of her life helped organic the background information on Varda. Prior to edits it was only "life and Career" -- now there is a much more thorough explanation for her life and background. Your additions making up the bulk of the 'style' section are essential to the article. Without the style section there is a major lack of understanding of what makes her work unique. SFerbank (talk) 17:30, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

Plans to edit entry
In the upcoming couple of months, I am planning to do a substantial edit of this article for an academic project.

First and foremost, there are several spelling and grammatical issues in the text that I would like to fix.

Moreover, the article could benefit from more detailed information on the French New Wave, particularly regarding the Left Bank Cinema group. As it stands, there is only a three-sentence section on Varda’s interactions with the movement. I hope to include more on how Varda fits in and inspired many aspects of the trend.

The article could also use an expansion of the discussion of Varda as a feminist filmmaker. The two sentences under the section of “Style” do not encompass all that she did within the topic. Somewhat related, I am also interested in expanding the personal life section, especially the discussion of her contribution to the Manifesto of the 343.

In addition, I want to expand the coverage of Varda’s 2017 Academy Honorary Award. It currently exists as a mere bullet point, and I’d like to add more detail.

Lastly, the article lists a few of Varda’s publications without any descriptions, so I’d like to fill in that missing information.

''These are the sources I have found thus far for my project: ''

1. Bénézet, Delphine. The Cinema of Agnès Varda: Resistance and Eclecticism. New York: Columbia University Press, 2014.

2. Bonner, Virginia Ann. Cinematic Caesuras: Experimental Documentary and the Politics of Form in Left Bank Films by Resnais, Marker, Varda. Atlanta, GA: Thesis, Ph.D., Emory University, 2003.

3. Darke, Chris. “Agnes Varda.” Sight & Sound, vol. 25, no. 4, April 2015, pp. 46-50. Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text, EBSCOhost (accessed February 2018).

4. Mouton, Janice. “From Feminine Masquerade to Flâneuse: Agnès Varda's Cléo in the City.” Cinema Journal 40, no. 2 (Winter 2001): 3. Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text, EBSCOhost (accessed February 2018).

5. Talton, Jana Meredyth. “Agnes Varda: Ahead of the avant-garde.” Ms 3, no. 6 (May 1993): 78. Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text, EBSCOhost (accessed February 2018). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cbamber (talk • contribs) 19:01, 1 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Good for you. I'm kind of semi-retired from Wikipedia because I'm so busy these days, but I've been planning to work on this page as well and add content from the John Wakeman book, which I'll still do. Personally I'm not crazy about the current structure of the article. I've done a lot of work on the pages for Chabrol, Rohmer, Marker and especially Rivette and would love to see this page expanded.--Deoliveirafan (talk) 14:13, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

French New Wave
The edit's made to Agnes Varda's seem to really enhance the page. I liked the descriptions of each of her most prominent films, which was informative while also remaining subjective. I imagine it was difficult to find a lot of sources about Varda, so I appreciated that all the important information on the page that needed to be cited was. The citations in the bibliography all seemed very credible as well as diverse, and the formatting and grammar of the page seem to be carefully done and correct. One possible edit that could be made on this page, if possible, would be to flesh out the sections on her involvement in the French New Wave and her Style. I actually think that they could be combined into one longer section on her style of filmmaking and then include information on how the French New Wave was a part of that style and wear her films made during that time fit into the French New Wave movement as a whole. --Ninapatricof (talk) 13:18, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Date of death?
There seems to be a whole lot of confusion regarding Vardas date of death.

BBC says Varda died on Thursday (March 28) :

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47745841

Deadline says Thursday evening :

https://deadline.com/2019/03/agnes-varda-dies-90-1202584916/

New York Times says Friday (March 29) morning :

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/29/obituaries/agnes-varda-dead.html

Hollywood Reporter states no date at all:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/agnes-varda-dead-pioneering-filmmaker-french-new-wave-was-90-1096071

And, to add further to the confusion, many online obituaries refer to this family statement to the AFP:

“The director and artist Agnès Varda died at her home on the night of Thursday, March 29, of complications from cancer. She was surrounded by her family and friends.”

The only, big, problem with this statement is that Thursday was the 28th, NOT the 29th!

Does someone out there have the solution this peculiar riddle?! 194.69.14.123 (talk) 12:17, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Several sources now state 29 March eg, One assumes that she died after midnight on Thursday night. Espresso Addict (talk) 19:08, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

Question_new
Yes this is an "authoritarian" remark: Is she not the female counterpart of "Nowhere man" (© The Beatles)? A "nowhere woman"?

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145.129.136.48 (talk) 07:24, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

Daguerréotypes
«Daguerréotypes est un téléfilm documentaire germano-français réalisé par Agnès Varda et diffusé en 1975.» from the French WP but I cannot find it in the English WP article.--Johnsoniensis (talk) 19:08, 16 April 2019 (UTC)