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Agnes Varda Between Film, Photography, and Art by Rebecca J. DeRoo (2017, Hardcover)

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Publisher: University of California Press. Number of Pages: 248. Weight: 1 lbs. Publication Date: 2017-10-17. ISBN13: 9780520279407.

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PublisherUniversity of California Press

ISBN-100520279409

ISBN-139780520279407

eBay Product ID (ePID)235440286

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Book TitleAgnes Varda between Film, Photography, and Art

Number of Pages248 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2017

TopicFilm / General, History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), Criticism & Theory, European

IllustratorYes

GenreArt, Performing Arts

AuthorRebecca J. Deroo

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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LCCN2017-007722

ReviewsDebunking the image of an apolitical Varda and reframing her place in the history of French film, DeRoo demonstrates convincingly that the aesthetic and the political are inseparably enmeshed. . . .This deftly argued and engagingly written book is a must for researchers interested in Varda and in French cinema more widely. Making a brilliant contribution to the burgeoning field of intermediality studies, it will also prove a most welcome tool for teaching purposes., Rebecca DeRoo's Agnès Varda between Film, Photography, and Art , which takes as its central problem the intermediality and intertextuality of Varda's work in the context of history, society, and feminism, is, then, to be greeted with great interest., Quietly visionary in the way it deconstructs and reconstructs readings of Varda, DeRoo's book enacts its own kind of cinematic labour, offering interpretive space for an understanding of Varda as a deeply politicised, strategically canny and immensely generous interlocutor with the people and the places that she filmed., DeRoo's nuanced approach yields altogether new understandings of key works in Varda's oeuvre. . .the readings in Agnès Varda: Between Film, Photography, and Art reveal both the breadth and depth of Varda's artistic sophistication and political acumen., DeRoo's work is a welcome and significant contribution to scholarship on a still too-neglected filmmaker and has much to offer those wanting an introduction to Varda and key issues animating critical reception of her films. The book is a well-researched, accessible, and timely addition to expanding scholarship on Varda as a pioneering and dynamic French filmmaker whose multifaceted oeuvre is central to ongoing and urgent debates about feminist film practice, filmmaking as an intermedia art form, and the ethics and aesthetics of documentary practice., DeRoo's book provides a yet untold counter-reading of Varda's works. Her interpretations are acutely attentive, acknowledging the many sites of emotional, generic, aesthetic, and political complexity that arise as a result of Varda's use of multimedia.

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal791.430233092

Table Of ContentAcknowledgments 1. Reinterpreting Varda: The Mother of the New Wave Reframes Its Histories 2. Complicating Neorealism and the New Wave: La Pointe Courte 3. Filmic and Feminist Strategies: Questioning Ideals of Happiness in Le Bonheur 4. Reconsidering Contradictions: Feminist Politics and the Musical Genre in L'une chante, l'autre pas 5. The Limits of Documentary: Identity and Urban Transformation in Daguerréotypes 6. Melancholy and Merchandise: Documenting and Displaying Widowhood in L'île et elle 7. Varda Now: Autobiography, Memory, and Retrospective Notes Bibliography Index

SynopsisAgn s Varda is a prolific film director, photographer, and artist whose cinematic career spans more than six decades. Today she is best known as the innovative "mother" of the French New Wave film movement of the 1950s and '60s and for her multimedia art exhibitions. Varying her use of different media, she is a figure who defies easy categorization. In this extensively researched book, Rebecca J. DeRoo demonstrates how Varda draws upon the histories of art, photography, and film to complicate the overt narratives in her works and to advance contemporary cultural politics. Based on interviews with Varda and unparalleled access to Varda's archives, this interdisciplinary study constructs new frameworks for understanding one of the most versatile talents in twentieth and twenty-first century culture., Agnès Varda is a prolific film director, photographer, and artist whose cinematic career spans more than six decades. Today she is best known as the innovative "mother" of the French New Wave film movement of the 1950s and '60s and for her multimedia art exhibitions. Varying her use of different media, she is a figure who defies easy categorization. In this extensively researched book, Rebecca J. DeRoo demonstrates how Varda draws upon the histories of art, photography, and film to complicate the overt narratives in her works and to advance contemporary cultural politics. Based on interviews with Varda and unparalleled access to Varda's archives, this interdisciplinary study constructs new frameworks for understanding one of the most versatile talents in twentieth and twenty-first century culture.

LC Classification NumberPN1998.3.V368D47