Coffret DVD – The complete films of Agnès Varda – The Criterion Collection

A progenitor of the French New Wave who became an international art-house icon, Agnès Varda was a fiercely independent, restlessly curious visionart whose work was at once personal and passionately committed to the world around her. In an abudant career in which she never stopped expanding the notion of what a movie can be, Varda forged a unique cinematic vocabulary that frequently blurs the boundaries between narrative and documentary, and entwines loving portraits of her freinds, her family, and her own inner world with a social consciousness that was closely attuned to the 1960s counterculture, the women’s liberation mouvement, the plight of the poor and socially marginalized, and the ecology of our planet. This comprehensive collection places Varda’s filmography in the context of her parallel work as a photographer and multimedia artist – all of it a testament to the radical vision, boundless imagination, and radiant spirit of a true original for whom every act of creation was a vital expression of her very being.

FIFTEEN – BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION COLLECTOR’S SET FEATRUES

– Digital restorations of thirty-nine films, including the first home-video presentations of Les créatures, Jacquots de Nantes, and the television series Agnès de ci de là Varda

– Introductions by director Agnès Varda

– Nausicaa, a once-banned 1970 television film directed by Varda

– New programs featuring actor Jane Birkin; Varda’s children, Mathieu Demy and Rosalie Varda; and scholar Kelley Conway

– Segments directed by Varda from the 1983 French television program Une minute pour une image

– Programs on Varda’s work as a visual artist, including Quelques veuves de Noirmoutier, a 2006 television presentation of one of her installations

– Over seven hours of archival programs featuring Varda, many of them also directed by her

– Archival interviews and tributes featuring Varda’s friends, family, and key collaborators

– Rare footage from unfinished features and commercials

– Behind-the-scenes footage, video essays, and trailers

– plus : A lavishly illustrated 200-pages book, featuring notes on the films and essays p, Varda’s life and work by writers Amy Taubin, Michael Koresky, Ginette Vincendeau, So Mayer, Alexandra Hidalgo, and Rebecca Bengal, as well as a selection of Varda’s photography and images of her installation art