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I have only seen Cleo from 5 to 7, and it may be my favourite of the French New Wave films that I have seen (although, I really love 400 Blows). I am interested in watching more of her films. Looks like Happiness should be my next step. I have also really wanted to see her documentary on the making-of the Young Girls of Rochefort. I have recently gotten the Criterion Channel again, so I really have no excuses.
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Oct 29, 2020 15:07
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I am tempted to go earliest to latest, but depending on the director, I can get burned out on their early films. For me, I just go with their most popular (or highest rated), and then go from there. I find doing it this way gives me a deeper appreciation of their older films, because I can see elements of what they are doing that they did better in their later work. However, that is an interesting presentation of the films. In my Bergman set, I am pretty sure they just presented his films chronologically.
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Oct 29, 2020 15:42
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Franchescanado posted:No, the Bergman set did something similar, with the idea that it was a "Bergman film festival", so there are headliners, double features, themed nights, and stuff like that. This is my way of saying that I purchased it and watched exactly one film and one episode of "Scenes".
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Oct 29, 2020 15:50
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I watched "One Sings..." last night, and I am in awe. Just a completely unique film -- it's unlike anything I have seen. It starts with suicide, poverty, and abortion, in a naturalistic way, but the film never feels overly heavy. Sure, the topics are heavy, but the film seems to not present anything as a conflict in the typical way. Instead, it's more of a meditation on the joyousness of friendship. On a side note, I realize the French, especially in the 70s, were a much different culture. But I was shocked to see full-frontal from the lead actress portraying a 17-year old girl. Also, a bath scene with the teenaged daughter. All of these scenes were shot in a naturalistic way, but it just shows how removed I am from that culture.
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Nov 2, 2020 17:53
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Franchescanado posted:I watched Varda by Agnes yesterday. Would you recommend watching this next? Or, do you think I should follow my current path of watching the highest rated films?
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Nov 5, 2020 18:36
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Franchescanado posted:I watched Varda by Agnes yesterday. Watched this last night, and I was most struck by the joy of humanity present in so much of her work. Also, it just made me really want to hang out with her. The art installation/grave for her cat was the sweetest thing -- especially when the shot of the young girl who came back without her friends to be able to experience it.
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Nov 9, 2020 16:30
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