Agnes Varda, how I love thee, let me count the ways. Have you ever seen someone so inspiring it’s painful. The first time I saw Agnes Varda’s film, Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse, I didn’t just think, “wow, she is a great filmmaker” I thought, “holy shit! I want to be her!” Being very confused about the direction my life was taking while studying world religions as my bachelor’s degree (and for the majority of my life), I never really planned things, I always just felt as if I fell into things. Watching Agnes’ films I felt as if I saw for the first time in the modern generation, an artist who truly did what their heart desired and didn’t worry about what others would like to see. She seems to make films out her insatiable and geniune curiosity in life, not for some executive looking to make an extra buck. To me that is a beautiful and all too rare type of artist in the contemporary day. Thank you Agnes Varda, for your passion and your curiosity. Thank you for sharing that with the world. Entre Nous, c’est si bon.

 

Agnes came out with a new film last December entitled, “The Beaches of Agnes” which is an autobiographical documentary about her life. Agnes has been known to disclose certain aspects of her life, often making herself apart of the story in many of her films, my personal favorite being Les glaneurs et la glaneuse (translation: The Gleaners and I).   Agnes also made a touching film about her husband Jacques Demy, Jacquot de Nantes.  Varda’s work was a precursor  of the the French new wave style of film in the 1960’s, attending the prestigous Ecole du Louvre. She expressed herself at first through photography, but soon moved into film proving herself a unique and qualified filmmaker that met the ranks of Godard, Demy and

  Varda with director Alain Resnais (on left) and husband Jacques Demy (on right)