Watching this, I couldn't help but wonder if there was a major filmmaker more purely affirmational than Agnes Varda. If her films, particularly her documentaries, seem pointless to some it is perhaps because they do, in fact, lack the sense of conflict that western, and particularly Hollywood, notions of narrative have convinced us we must expect.
Rather than, "what happens next?" the foundational question of Varda's cinema is "what more can be seen?" For she truly is an artist who loves, well, faces and places. And these locations, these souls, seem to prosper in the warmth of her gaze.
Rather than, "what happens next?" the foundational question of Varda's cinema is "what more can be seen?" For she truly is an artist who loves, well, faces and places. And these locations, these souls, seem to prosper in the warmth of her gaze.