Tag Archives: Agnes Varda
So Long
Antonia and I had been talking about Leonard Cohen tonight, eating a hotdog down the street, watching television screens displaying both Agnes Varda’s Cleo from 5 to 7 as well as the original Highlander film. With the sound off – Cleo had subtitles – it was interesting to see the parallel themes of the existential [...]
Posted in Books, Music, Occult
Tagged acid, Agnes Varda, Bird On a Wire, death, existentialism, French, Highlander, Israel, Jew, Leonard Cohen, Marianne Ihlen, mortality
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Back in Black: Agnes Varda’s Panthers
The French filmmaker Agnes Varda’s candid camera work, and the natural performances and settings in her narrative films and documentaries influenced no less than Jean-Luc Godard. As a result, Varda is considered to be one of the key influences in the development of the French New Wave. In 1968, Varda traveled to America to shoot [...]
Posted in Cinema, Counter Culture, revolution
Tagged 1968, Agnes Varda, Black Panthers, Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver, Free Huey, H. Rap Brown, Huey Newton, revolution, setup, Stokely Carmichael
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