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anyway speaking of conversational movies, this is also it but not it

agnes varda’s LA POINTE COURTE (1954)

 

a lot has been made of varda’s influence on the french new wave and i suppose it’s there but in another way who cares about that shit, she’s better, ha ha ha ha.

this is her first movie and it’s visually great, in spite of one forgivable visual glitch at the beginning but hey, it was her first movie and she had zero experience and she made this crazy thing anyway better than most.

don’t be fooled by the stupid synopses about “a couple bla bla bla”. yes the couple is there and that’s one of the stories, and the couple does give a very hiroshima mon amour flavor to the whole thing for which reason actually alain resnais almost refused to edit it (or so i read).

but no it’s not just about this and a long coversation about “love” which can get supremely boing at times. fuck this nonsese.

for me the best part is the town itself! and the stories that are going on in the supposed “background”. but they are not. they are maybe better stories than the supposed protagonists— a mysterious ban on fishing on a certain zone, a young couple trying to get approval from the girl’s dad to date, it’s a little bit like la terra trema but funner. not just funner. funnererer. yeah.

and the visuals are amazing. read that varda had trained as a photographer and had zero film experience. her shots are fucking gorgeous. the way the whole thing is put together is brilliant. and even the boring couple eventually becomes fun to watch, yeah.

ok so this was great.

eta: altered date to show was made in 1954. some sources say 55 and thats what i used originally but no.