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Ruth 2022-04-19 09:02:45

So so good. I think Varda' artistry in this documentary is something that I admire a lot, where each encounter and documentation does not necessarily define the whole, but hints at this overarching sentiment of the gleaners' culture in various forms. No individual or event is being particularly analyzed in depth, and therefore there is no judgement being passed from the artist to the viewers. Everything is seen as itself, just structured in a way where we are able to behold the poetic value of something that we often tend to ignore. Through her arbitrary attitude towards filmmaking and playfully working with the coincidences that she ran into along the way, everything was able to come together and portray the subject matter at hand in a personal, yet non-intrusive manner.It's really amazing when someone could be so comfortable with their medium that their energy just sponteneously emits like this, especially when its so wholesome in this case.

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  • Karina 2022-01-22 08:02:36

    What is a good documentary? DV record, Varda said that these new compact camcorders, digital cameras, look weird, their effect is a stroboscope, narcissism. She patted herself combing her hair and her hands. No no, this is not insanity, this is not disappointment, my enemy is not old age; even in old age, my friend is still alive. My hair and my hands tell me that life is over. -Then my hand, sharing its terrible wrinkles, feeling like an animal, but I don’t know what kind of animal it is. Many trucks, we liked very much when we were young, we surpassed them to stare at them and catch them on the road. All you need to do is take a lot of photos and add logic to edit the subject confession. It's as simple as a heart-shaped potato.

  • Kameron 2022-04-21 09:03:19

    Slip from Miller to earthly rap; place one hand on Rembrandt to be clapped by the other; drift by in front of a clock without hands. Just ask Varda if she's the funniest old lady in the world!

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  • Agnès Varda: He looked at an empty clock but put it back down. I picked it up and took it home. A clock without hands works fine for me. You don't see time passing.