Agnès Varda - Lectures / Workshops / Seminars

FILM WRITING: Cinécriture (3 credits)

Agnès Varda

Description: This course examines the process of writing for film. We will discuss approaches to overcoming the difference of film and writing. Through analyzing script as a moving force we alter static notions of the written versus the visual. We will address issues of reality versus fiction. As we examine the directions of the inner and outer world we begin to reveal the illusory nature of such boundaries and induce interaction.

Required Films:

Varda, Agnès. Les plages d'Agnès (The Beaches of Agnès). Ciné Tamaris. 2008. 110 min. DVD, ASIN: B0030H16W6. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Varda, Agnès. Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse … deux ans après (The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later). C.N.D.P. 2002. 63 min. Producer Agnès Varda, Editor Agnès Varda, Cinematographers Stéphane Krausz and Agnès Varda, Music Joanna Bruzdowicz, Georges Delerue, Isabelle Olivier and François Wertheimer. Starring Macha Makeïeff and Agnès Varda. DVD, ASIN: B00005Y727. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Varda, Agnès. Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse (The Gleaners & I). 2000, 82 min. Editors Laurent Pineau and Agnès Varda, Cinematographers Didier Doussin, Stéphane Krausz, Didier Rouget, Pascal Sautelet and Agnès Varda, Music Agnès Bredel, Joanna Bruzdowicz, Richard Klugman and Isabelle Olivier. Starring Bodan Litnanski, Agnès Varda and François Wertheimer. DVD ASIN: B00005Y727. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Varda, Agnès. Les demoiselles de Rochefort (The Young Girls of Rochefort). Madeleine Films. 1967. 120 min. DVD, ASIN: B000062XI7. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Varda, Agnès. L'Univers de Jacques Demy (The Universe of Jacques Demy). Canal+. 1995. 90 min. Editor Marie-Josée Audiard, Cinematographers Stéphane Krausz, Peter Pilafian and Georges Strouvé, Music Michel Colombier and Michel Legrand. Starring Anouk Aimée, Richard Berry, Nino Castelnuovo, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Fabian, Harrison Ford, Claude Mann, Marc Michel, Jeanne Moreau, Jacques Perrin, Michel Piccoli, Dominique Sanda, Anne Vernon, Caroline Bongrand and others. DVD, ASIN: B0000CDL9I. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Varda, Agnès. Les Cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma (A Hundred and One Nights of Simon Cinema). Ciné Tamaris. 1995, 101 min. Producer Dominique Vignet, Editor Hugues Darmois, Cinematographer Eric Gautier, Starring Michel Piccoli, Marcello Mastroianni, Henri Garcin, Julie Gayet, Mathieu Demy, Emmanuel Salinger, Anouk Aimée, Fanny Ardant, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Romane Bohringer, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-Claude Brialy, Patrick Bruel, Alain Delon, Catherine Deneuve and others. DVD ASIN: B000034DDG. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Varda, Agnès. Jacquot de Nantes. Canal+. 1991. 118 min. Editor Marie-Josée Audiard, Cinematographers Patrick Blossier, Agnès Godard and Georges Strouvé, Music Joanna Bruzdowicz. Starring Philippe Maron, Edouard Joubeaud, Laurent Monnier, Brigitte De Villepoix, Daniel Dublet, Clément Delaroche, Rody Averty, Hélène Pors, Marie-Sidonie Benoist, Jérémie Bernard and others. VHS (NTSC) ASIN: 630303912X. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Varda, Agnès. Kung-Fu master (Le Petit amour). Ciné Tamaris. 1987. 80 min. Editior Marie-Josée Audiard, Cinematographer Pierre-Laurent Chénieux, Music Joanna Bruzdowicz. Starring Jane Birkin, Mathieu Demy, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Lou Doillon, Gary Chekchak, Cyril Houplain, Frank Laurent, Aurélien Hermant, Jérémie Luntz, Thomas Bensaïd, Pénélope Pourriat, Ninon Vinsonneau and others. VHS, ASIN: B0001A9JDS. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Varda, Agnès. Sans toit ni loi (Vagabond). Ciné Tamaris. 1985. 105 min. Producer Oury Milshtein, Editors Patricia Mazuy and Agnès Varda, Cinematographer Patrick Blossier, Music Joanna Bruzdowicz and Fred Chichin. Starring Sandrine Bonnaire, Setti Ramdane, Francis Balchère, Jean-Louis Perletti, Urbain Causse, Christophe Alcazar, Dominique Durand and others. DVD ASIN: 0780023226. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Varda, Agnès. L' Une chante, l'autre pas (One Sings, the Other Doesn't). Ciné Tamaris. 1977. 120 min. Editor Joële Van Effenterre, Cinematographer Charles Van Damme, Music François Wertheimer. Starring Thérèse Liotard, Valérie Mairesse, Robert Dadiès, Mona Mairesse, Francis Lemaire, Ali Raffi, Gisèle Halimi, Jean-Pierre Pellegrin, Joëlle Papineau, Micou Papineau, Doudou Greffier, François Wertheimer and others. VHS, ASIN: 6302795400. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Varda, Agnès. Black Panthers (Huey). Ciné Tamaris. 1968. 31 min, VHS, ASIN: 6303909078. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Varda, Agnès. Le Bonheur (Happiness). Parc Film. 1965, 77 min. Producer Mag Bodard, Editor Janine Verneau, Cinematographers Claude Beausoleil and Jean Rabier, Music Jean-Michel Defaye. Starring Jean-Claude Drouot, Claire Drouot, Olivier Drouot, Sandrine Drouot, Marie-France Boyer, Marcelle Faure Bertin, Manon Lanclos, Sylvie Saurel, Marc Eyraud, Christian Riehl and Paul Vecchiali. DVD, ASIN: B000XQ4HQO. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr. VHS (NTSC) ASIN: 0780020472. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Varda, Agnès. Salut les cubains. 1963. 30 min. Cinematographer Agnès Varda. Starring Michel Piccoli and Nelson Rodríguez. DVD, ASIN: B000XQ4HQO. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Varda, Agnès. Cléo de 5 ã 7. (Cleo from 5 to 7). Ciné Tamaris. 1962, 90 min. Producer Georges de Beauregard, Editor Janine Verneau, Cinematographer Jean Rabier, Music Michel Legrand. Starring Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray, Dorothée Blank, Michel Legrand, José Luis de Villalonga, Loye Payen, Renée Duchateau, Lucienne Le Marchand, Serge Korber, Robert Postee and others. DVD ASIN: 0780023234. Buy it at Amazon.com. DVD, ASIN: B000XQ4HQO. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Varda, Agnès. La Pointe courte. Cini-Tamaris . 1956, 86 min. Editor Alain Resnais, Cinematographers Paul Soulignac and Louis Stein. Starring Silvia Monfort and Philippe Noiret. DVD, ASIN: B000XQ4HQO. Buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.fr.

Required Readings:

Varda, Agnès and Liza Bear (Interviewer). "Interview." in: Interview Magazine. 2009. (English).

Varda, Agnès and Sheila Heti (Interviewer). "Interview." in: The Believer. October 2009. (English).

Varda, Agnès and Melissa Anderson (Interviewer). "Agnès Varda from 0 to 80." in: The Village Voice. June 24, 2009. (English).

Varda, Agnès and Noel Murray (Interviewer). "Interview." in: A.V. Club. June 30, 2009. (English).

Varda, Agnès and Genevieve Yue (Interviewer). "California Dreaming." in: Reverse Shot. 2009. (English).