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== Summary ==
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==Feminist film production==
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Agnès Varda and Jacques Demy.
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#Documentary
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#*Do not pretend to "objectivity"
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#*Autobiographical (structured like a personal diary)
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#[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Realism Socialist Realist]
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#*Not "socialist" in an economic sense
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#*Derived from 1930s Russia
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#**1932: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin Joseph Stalin] decreed "socialist realism" as official policy: "On the Reconstruction of Literary and Art Organizations"
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#**Art must support the Revolution; no stylistic experimentation allowed
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#*More generally speaking: fiction film from a feminist perspective
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#*Feminist morality tales
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#*Didactic fiction films
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#Women's cinema as counter cinema
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#*Rooted in Wollen's principle of "counter cinema," as in Godard's work
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#*Classical cinema's form, its style, is seen to be patriarchal.
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#*Thus a feminist content requires a feminist style
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==Agnès Varda==
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==Chronology==
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*30 May 1928 born (Brussels)
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*Late 1940s: professional still. Photographer
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**Working initially in the theater
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**For Jean Vilar's Theatre National Populaire
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*1951-'61 And then for magazine photo stories
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*1954 first short. ''La Point courte''
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**Edited by Alain Resnais
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**Direct antecedent of the New Wave
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*Varda associated with the "literary" elements of n.w.
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**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rive_Gauche "Left Bank"] or ''Rive Gauche'' intellectuals
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***Intellectuals living on the left bank of the Seine River
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**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouveau_roman ''Le nouveau roman''] (French: "new novel") of Alain Robbe-Grillet & Nathalie Sarraute
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*1961 first feature film, ''Cleo from 5 to 7''
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*1962 married director [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Demy Jacques Demy]
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*1968-'69 worked in U.S.
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**Two shorts: ''Uncle Janco'' and ''The Black Panthers'' (about Huey Newton)
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***'''''Black Panthers'' on UbuWeb:'''
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***[http://www.ubu.com/film/varda.html http://www.ubu.com/film/varda.html]
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**One feature: ''Lions Love''
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***First film with english-speaking cast
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***Gerome Ragni, James Rado, co-authors of ''Hair'', in cast
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*Early 1970s: becomes earnestly involved in woman's movement
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**Socialist realist feminist films
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**''My Body Belongs to Me'' (1972)
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***Pro-abortion
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**''One Sings, the Other Doesn't'' (1977)
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***Two women's parallel lives
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With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Demy Jacques Demy]:
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<gallery mode="packed" heights=200px>
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File:Varda03.jpg|alt=Agnès Varda and Jacques Demy|Agnès Varda and Jacques Demy
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</gallery>
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==Thematics==
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*Interplay of subjectivity and objectivity
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**Films in which distinction between objective "reality" and character's inner states are blurred
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**Cf. Resnais's ''Hiroshima mon amour''
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**E.g., ''The Creatures''
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***In which writer's imagination blends with reality
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*Closely related: interplay of fiction and documentary
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**''Creatures'' is largely improvised and features actors playing their real life roles
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*Social and political issues
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**Racism
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***''Black panthers'' (1968)
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**The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Revolution Cuban revolution], led by socialist, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro Fidel Castro]
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***''Salute to Cuba'' (1965)
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****Over 4,000 of her still photos collaged together
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**Vietnam war
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***''Far from Vietnam'' episode (1967)
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*Feminism
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**Women's issues
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==Narrative structure==
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*Women on a journey
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**Both physical and emotional journeys
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*Doubled story-line
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**Two narratives that twine together
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*Narrative experimentation
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**Playing with narrative form
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==Visual style==
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*Mise-en-scene
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**Location shooting
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**Nonprofessional actors
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**''Vagabond'' has a mixed cast
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***[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandrine_Bonnaire Sandrine Bonnaire], the protagonist, is a professional
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*Cinematography
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**Camera movement that does ''not'' follow action, but acts independently
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***'''See [http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/Vagabond01field.php Example 1]''', '''[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/Vagabond02tractor.php Example 2]'''
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*"Symbolic" use of color and black and white
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**E.g., ''Happiness'' and ''The Creatures''
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==Bibliography==
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*Kuhn, Annette. ''Women's Pictures: Feminism and Cinema''. Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982.
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==External links==
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*[http://tvcrit.com/Classes/Jbutler/T340/VardaDenis/ Agnès Varda illustrations]
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*[http://tvcrit.com/Classes/Jbutler/T340/Vagabond/index.htm ''Vagabond'' illustrations]
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*[http://www.ubu.com/film/varda.html ''Black Panthers'' on UbuWeb]
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[[Category:JCM312 Lecture]]

Latest revision as of 20:30, 23 August 2019

Feminist film production

  1. Documentary
    • Do not pretend to "objectivity"
    • Autobiographical (structured like a personal diary)
  2. Socialist Realist
    • Not "socialist" in an economic sense
    • Derived from 1930s Russia
      • 1932: Joseph Stalin decreed "socialist realism" as official policy: "On the Reconstruction of Literary and Art Organizations"
      • Art must support the Revolution; no stylistic experimentation allowed
    • More generally speaking: fiction film from a feminist perspective
    • Feminist morality tales
    • Didactic fiction films
  3. Women's cinema as counter cinema
    • Rooted in Wollen's principle of "counter cinema," as in Godard's work
    • Classical cinema's form, its style, is seen to be patriarchal.
    • Thus a feminist content requires a feminist style

Agnès Varda

Chronology

  • 30 May 1928 born (Brussels)
  • Late 1940s: professional still. Photographer
    • Working initially in the theater
    • For Jean Vilar's Theatre National Populaire
  • 1951-'61 And then for magazine photo stories
  • 1954 first short. La Point courte
    • Edited by Alain Resnais
    • Direct antecedent of the New Wave
  • Varda associated with the "literary" elements of n.w.
    • "Left Bank" or Rive Gauche intellectuals
      • Intellectuals living on the left bank of the Seine River
    • Le nouveau roman (French: "new novel") of Alain Robbe-Grillet & Nathalie Sarraute
  • 1961 first feature film, Cleo from 5 to 7
  • 1962 married director Jacques Demy
  • 1968-'69 worked in U.S.
    • Two shorts: Uncle Janco and The Black Panthers (about Huey Newton)
    • One feature: Lions Love
      • First film with english-speaking cast
      • Gerome Ragni, James Rado, co-authors of Hair, in cast
  • Early 1970s: becomes earnestly involved in woman's movement
    • Socialist realist feminist films
    • My Body Belongs to Me (1972)
      • Pro-abortion
    • One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977)
      • Two women's parallel lives

With Jacques Demy:

  • Agnès Varda and Jacques Demy

    Agnès Varda and Jacques Demy


Thematics

  • Interplay of subjectivity and objectivity
    • Films in which distinction between objective "reality" and character's inner states are blurred
    • Cf. Resnais's Hiroshima mon amour
    • E.g., The Creatures
      • In which writer's imagination blends with reality
  • Closely related: interplay of fiction and documentary
    • Creatures is largely improvised and features actors playing their real life roles
  • Social and political issues
    • Racism
      • Black panthers (1968)
    • The Cuban revolution, led by socialist, Fidel Castro
      • Salute to Cuba (1965)
        • Over 4,000 of her still photos collaged together
    • Vietnam war
      • Far from Vietnam episode (1967)
  • Feminism
    • Women's issues

Narrative structure

  • Women on a journey
    • Both physical and emotional journeys
  • Doubled story-line
    • Two narratives that twine together
  • Narrative experimentation
    • Playing with narrative form

Visual style

  • Mise-en-scene
    • Location shooting
    • Nonprofessional actors
    • Vagabond has a mixed cast
  • Cinematography
    • Camera movement that does not follow action, but acts independently
  • "Symbolic" use of color and black and white
    • E.g., Happiness and The Creatures

Bibliography

  • Kuhn, Annette. Women's Pictures: Feminism and Cinema. Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982.

External links

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