Beaches in Agnès

🎥Agnès Varda’s interview article is introduced in Chinese for the first time!
21 interviews spanning nearly 50 years offer a close look at the "Grandmother of the New Wave"—a truly remarkable documentary! At 26, she began filming after having seen only five films; at 80, she became the first woman to receive an Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement. "I don't want to leave my name in film history, but others will."
🎞️ Unveiling behind-the-scenes inspirations, analyzing the conflicting emotions within the images, and exploring the creative origins of legendary films: the juxtaposition of the individual and the collective in "The Village at the End of the World," the female self-awakening in "Cléo from 5 to 7," the price of freedom in "Wandering Girl," and the abandonment and gleaning of "The Gleaners"... "My ideas never dry up; the work flows through my mind."
🧩She is an excluded and marginalized French filmmaker, a bystander in the noisy Hollywood, a feminist activist who took to the streets, a wife who mourned her lover with the camera, and a female artist constrained by her identity as a mother... Film and life are intertwined, joy and bitterness coexist, and she struggles, harvests, and creates all the way.
✒️Recounting the history of the New Wave, offering a "grandmother's" personal history of film: What kind of contributions did Godard, Alain Resnais, and Chris Marker provide? Why was Bergman and Orson Welles' portrayal of female characters criticized by Varda? What is the dilemma of arthouse cinema? Why are there so few female directors in Hollywood who can communicate? How do you view the film industry's evolution?
🎠Images authorized by Cine-Tamaris, meticulously crafted by renowned book designer Shan Chuan. From the beaches of youth to the beaches of old age, within the landscapes of film and the inner world, reality, fiction, lovers, women, crowds, daily life, contradictions... are picked up one by one to create eternity.
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Introduction:
Agnès Varda is a fearless film pioneer, the enduring "Grandmother of the New Wave," and an indispensable figure in the history of Western cinema and women's cinema. Her creative career spans over 60 years, and at the age of 90, she continues to experiment, influencing countless cinephiles and those who followed. With her rich and free forms and natural yet profound expressions, she interprets the true meaning of film art. It can be said that Varda embodies creativity and vitality itself.
This book is a collection of interviews with Varda, including 21 interviews conducted between 1962 and 2008. They cover the entire trajectory of her film career and her various works, exploring her relationships with the New Wave, Hollywood, the feminist movement, various social groups, her loved ones, and her family. Through Varda's narratives spanning half a lifetime, we learn the stories behind the images, the deeper meanings conveyed by images, the source of her passion for film, her ability to capture the mysteries of life in the everyday and "find beauty in unlikely places," the difficulties and hardships she faced as a marginalized artist-director, and the satisfaction she found in her work and life. By opening these interviews, we can discover Varda's vast beach.
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About the Author:
T. Jefferson Kline, Professor Emeritus of the French Department at Boston University, is the author of "Bertolucci's Dreamweaver", "French Cinema Unveiled", "Screening the Text: Intertextuality in French New Wave Cinema", etc. He participated in the compilation of "Jean-Luc Godard Manual" and "Bernardo Bertolucci Interviews", etc. He has an in-depth understanding and research on European films, especially French films.
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About the translator:
Qu Xiaorui, translator, is a teacher in the Master's program in Ethics and Sustainable Development at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Lyon 3, France. She is also a researcher of brutish art. She has translated many works including "The Interviews with Godard", "The Flesh of Images", "The Rhythm of Time", and "The Resistance of Sensibility".
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Related comments:
Varda's films are groundbreaking, both avant-garde and popular, both personal and universal. Standing high on the pyramid, overlooking the Cannes beach, she feels young and timeless.
—The 72nd Cannes International Film Festival Varda is very empathetic and creative... I have great respect for her.
——Jean-Luc Godard is probably my favorite female director in the world, and also a great woman who, in my opinion, has the most charisma in life and image.
——Dai Jinhua Watching her films is like handing you a key, allowing you to see the secrets of daily life. Conversely, if you understand life well enough, you will be able to better understand Varda's film language that lies between fantasy and reality.
—Jia Zhangke

2024-07-01

上海书店出版社

Yeren

308

9787545823639