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4 by Agnès Varda produced by Cini-Tamaris, Parc Film, Channel Four Films, Ministère de la Culture de la Republique Française; distributed by Criterion collection; directed by Agnès Varda.

Title
4 by Agnès Varda [videorecording] / produced by Cini-Tamaris, Parc Film, Channel Four Films, Ministère de la Culture de la Republique Française; distributed by Criterion collection; directed by Agnès Varda.
Publication
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Varda, Agnès, 1928-2019
  • Monfort, Silvia
  • Noiret, Philippe
  • Barbaud, Pierre
  • Marchand, Corinne, 1937-
  • Bourseiller, Antoine
  • Legrand, Michel, 1932-2019
  • Drouot, Jean-Claude
  • Drouot, Claire
  • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
  • Bonnaire, Sandrine, 1967-
  • Bruzdowicz, Joanna, 1943-2021
  • Ramdane, Setti.
  • Ciné Tamaris (Firm)
  • France. Ministère de la culture et de la communication
  • Parc Film (Firm)
  • Channel Four Films (Firm)
  • Janus Films
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Description
4 videodiscs (ca. 354 min.) : sd., col. and b&w; 4 3/4 in. +
Summary
  • La Ponté Courté. A film about a fishing town and a couple who are evaluating their changing relationship. Varda juxtaposes the two tales to create a unique perspective on life.
  • Cléo from 5 to 7. A girl waiting for the result of a medical examination wanders around Paris thinking she has cancer; the film focuses on her ever-changing moods, and her search for answers.
  • Le bonheur. Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse young husband and father François finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive postal worker.
  • Vagabond. Mona, an aimless drifter in the French countryside, deeply touches the lives of the people she meets and confronts them with her own ideas of freedom.
Series Statement
  • Criterion collection ; 418
  • Criterion collection ; 73, 74, 419, 420
Uniform Title
  • Criterion collection 418.
  • Criterion collection ; 73, 74, 419, 420.
Alternative Title
  • Four by Agnès Varda
  • Four by Agnès Varda
  • La Pointé Courté.
  • Cléo de 5 à 7.
  • Le bonheur.
  • Vogabond.
  • Cleo from 5 to 7.
  • Sans toi ni loi.
  • Happiness.
Subject
  • Man-woman relationships > Drama
  • Fishing villages > France > Drama
  • Young women > France > Paris > Drama
  • Motion pictures > France
  • French language > Films for French speakers
Genre/Form
  • French language films.
  • Feature films – France.
  • DVD-Video discs.
Note
  • Originally produced as motion pictures in 1956, 1962, 1965 and 1985.
  • Box set special features include : New restored digital transfers, supervised and approved by director Agnès Varda. Three short films by Varda: L'opéra Mouffe (1958), Du côté de la côte (1958), and Les fiancés du Pont Macdonald (1961). On Cléo from 5 to 7: a 2005 documentary on the making of the film; a short film from 2005 in which Varda retraces Cléo s steps through Paris; Varda speaking with Madonna about the film in 1993. On Le bonheur: new interviews with the three actors from the film; a 2006 discussion with four scholars about the film; footage of Varda on-set; 1998 interview with Varda; 2003 interviews on the concept of happiness. On Vagabond: a 2003 documentary on the making of the film; a 2003 interview with composer Joanna Bruzdowicz; a 1986 radio interview with writer Nathalie Sarraute; a 2003 interview with actress Marthe Jarnias. PLUS: New essays by Chris Darke, Adrian Martin, Amy Taubin, and Ginette Vincendeau; plus, a foreword on each film by Varda herself.
Credits (note)
  • Cinematography by Claude Beausoleil, Patrick Blossier, Paul Bonis, Alain Levent, Jean Rabier, Paul Soulignac, Louis Stein ; music, Pierre Barbaud, Michel Legrand, Wolfgang A. Mozart, Joanne Bruzdowicz.
Performer (note)
  • Silvia Monfort, Philippe Noiret, Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Jean-Claude Drouot, Claire Drouot, Sandrine Bonnaire, Setti Ramdane.
System Details (note)
  • DVD; Dolby digital, mono.
Language (note)
  • French with optional English subtitles.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
[v. 1.] La Pointé Courté (1956) (80 min.) -- [v. 2.] Cléo de 5 à 7 = Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962) (89 min.) -- [v. 3.] Le bonheur = Happiness (1965) (80 min.)-- [v. 4.] Sans toi ni loi = Vagabond (1985) (105 min).
ISBN
  • 1934121851 (set)
  • 9781934121856 (set)
  • 193412186X (v.1)
  • 9781934121863 (v.1)
  • 1934121878 (v.2)
  • 9781934121870 (v.2)
  • 1934121886 (v.3)
  • 9781934121887 (v.3)
  • 1934121894 (v.4)
  • 9781934121894 (v.4)
OCLC
  • 191746387
  • SCSB-11721866
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library