{"product_id":"agns-varda-t-jefferson-kline-9781496802491","title":"Agnes Varda: Interviews","description":"Over nearly sixty years, Agn鑚 Varda (b. 1928) has given interviews that are revealing not only of her work, but of her remarkably ambiguous status. She has been called the \"Mother of the New Wave\" but suffered for many years for never having been completely accepted by the cinematic establishment in France. Varda's first film, \u003ci\u003eLa Pointe Courte \u003c\/i\u003e(1954), displayed many of the characteristics of the two later films that launched the New Wave, Truffaut's \u003ci\u003e400 Blows\u003c\/i\u003e and Godard's \u003ci\u003eBreathless\u003c\/i\u003e. In a low-budget film, using (as yet) unknown actors and working entirely outside the prevailing studio system, Varda completely abandoned the \"tradition of quality\" that Truffaut was at that very time condemning in the pages of \u003ci\u003eCahiers du cinema\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work, however, was not \"discovered\" until after Truffaut and Godard had broken onto the scene in 1959. Varda's next film, \u003ci\u003eCleo from 5 to 7\u003c\/i\u003e, attracted considerably more attention and was selected as France's official entry for the Festival in Cannes. Ultimately, however, this film and her work for the next fifty years continued to be overshadowed by her more famous male friends, many of whom she mentored and advised. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Her films have finally earned recognition as deeply probing and fundamental to the growing awareness in France of women's issues and the role of women in the cinema. \"I'm not philosophical,\" she says, \"not metaphysical. Feelings are the ground on which people can be led to think about things. I try to show everything that happens in such a way and ask questions so as to leave the viewers free to make their own judgments.\" The panoply of interviews here emphasizes her core belief that \"we never stop learning\" and reveal the wealth of ways to answer her questions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e T. Jefferson Kline\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496802497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496802491\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"T. Jefferson Kline","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050419974399,"sku":"9781496802491","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a2c5ac9c-5a3c-44bb-b715-bb2db8485a9b.jpg?v=1685007126","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/agns-varda-t-jefferson-kline-9781496802491","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}