4 by Agnès Varda

4 by Agnès Varda

Agnès Varda used the skills she honed early in her career as a photographer to create some of the most nuanced, thought-provoking films of the past fifty years. She is widely believed to have presaged the French new wave with her first film, La Pointe Courte, long before creating one of the movement's benchmarks, Cléo from 5 to 7 (Cléo de 5 à 7). Later, with Le bonheur and Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi), Varda further shook up art-house audiences, challenging bourgeois codes with her inscrutable characters and offering effortlessly beautiful compositions and editing. Now working largely as a documentarian, Varda remains one of the essential cinematic poets of our time and a true visionary.

Film Info

  • Spine #418

Films In This Set

Director-Approved Special Edition Features

  • New, restored digital transfers
  • Three short films by Varda: L’opéra Mouffe (1958), Du côté de la côte (1958), and Les fiancés du pont Macdonald (1961)
  • On La Pointe Courte: new video interview with Varda; excerpts from a 1964 episode of the television series Cinéastes de notre temps, in which Varda discusses her early career
  • On Cléo from 5 to 7: documentary from 2005 on the making of the film; 2005 short film retracing Cléo’s steps through Paris; Varda speaking with Madonna about the film in 1993
  • On Le bonheur: 2006 featurettes with the three actors from the film; discussion about the film from 2006 between four intellectuals; footage of Varda on set; 1998 interview with Varda
  • On Vagabond: 2003 documentary on the making of the film; conversation from 2003 between Varda and composer Joanna Bruzdowicz; 1986 radio interview with Varda and writer Nathalie Sarraute, who inspired the film
  • Theatrical trailers
  • PLUS: New essays by Chris Darke, Adrian Martin, Amy Taubin, and Ginette Vincendeau, as well as a foreword by Varda on each film

New covers by Neil Kellerhouse

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Films In This Set

4 by Agnès Varda

Director-Approved Special Edition Features

  • New, restored digital transfers
  • Three short films by Varda: L’opéra Mouffe (1958), Du côté de la côte (1958), and Les fiancés du pont Macdonald (1961)
  • On La Pointe Courte: new video interview with Varda; excerpts from a 1964 episode of the television series Cinéastes de notre temps, in which Varda discusses her early career
  • On Cléo from 5 to 7: documentary from 2005 on the making of the film; 2005 short film retracing Cléo’s steps through Paris; Varda speaking with Madonna about the film in 1993
  • On Le bonheur: 2006 featurettes with the three actors from the film; discussion about the film from 2006 between four intellectuals; footage of Varda on set; 1998 interview with Varda
  • On Vagabond: 2003 documentary on the making of the film; conversation from 2003 between Varda and composer Joanna Bruzdowicz; 1986 radio interview with Varda and writer Nathalie Sarraute, who inspired the film
  • Theatrical trailers
  • PLUS: New essays by Chris Darke, Adrian Martin, Amy Taubin, and Ginette Vincendeau, as well as a foreword by Varda on each film

New covers by Neil Kellerhouse