| Edition |
Director-approved special ed. |
| Description |
4 videodiscs (approximately 354 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (1 volume : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm). |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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NTSC |
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video file DVD video region 1 |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 418
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Criterion collection ; 419, 73, 420, 74
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Criterion collection ; 418.
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Criterion collection ; 419, 73, 420, 74.
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| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby digital, mono.; 1.33:1 aspect ration (v.1); 1.66:1 aspect ratio, enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TVs (v.2-v.4). |
| Note |
Set title from container. |
| Cast |
V. 1: Silvia Monfort, Philippe Noiret; v. 2: Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray, Dorothée Blank, Michel Legrand; v. 3: Jean-Claude Drouot, Claire Drouot, Marie-France Boyer, Sandrine Drouot, Olivier Drouot, Paul Vecchiali; v. 4: Sandrine Bonnaire, Macha Méril, Stéphane Freiss, Laurence Cortadellas, Patrick Lepcynski, Yolande Moreau, Marthe Jarnias, Yahiaoui Assouna. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Claude Beausoleil, Jean-Louis Malige, Yves Agostini, Patrick Blossier, Paul Bonis, Alain Levent, Jean Rabier ; music, Pierre Barbaud, Michel Legrand, Wolfgang A. Mozart, Joanna Bruzdowicz ; editors, Alain Resnais, Anne Sarraute, Janine Verneau, Pascale Laverrière, Danielle Grimberg, Maria Lourdes Osorio, Agnès Varda, Patricia Mazuy. |
| Note |
Originally produced as motion pictures in 1954, 1961, 1964 and 1985. |
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Booklet contains new essays by Chris Darke, Adrian Martin, Amy Taubin, and Ginette Vincendeau; plus, a foreword on each film by Varda herself ([58] p. : port. ; 19 cm.) inserted in container. |
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Disc 1: feature film La Pointe Courte (1954) (80 min., b&w); new video interview with director Agnès Varda; excerpts from a 1964 episode of the French television series Cinéastes de notre temps, in which Varda discusses her earlier career. |
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Disc 2: feature film Cléo de 5 à 7 = Cléo from 5 to 7 (1961) (89 min., col. and b&w); Remembrances (2005), a documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with Varda and actors Corinne Marchand and Antoine Bourseiller; gallery of paintings by Hans Baldung Grien, whose work inspired the character of Cléo; excerpt from a 1993 French television program featuring Madonna and Varda talking about the film; Cléo's real path through Paris (2005), a short film retracing, on a motorcycle, Cléo's steps through Paris; Les fiancés du Pont Macdonald (1961), a short film directed by Varda, featuring some of her new-wave colleagues, with Varda explaining why the film was included in Cléo from 5 to 7; L'opéra Mouffe (1958), an early short by Varda, with a score by Georges Delerue; theatrical trailer. |
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Disc 3: feature film Le bonheur = Happiness (1964) (80 min., col.); The two women of 'Le bonheur' (2006), a short piece featuring actors Claire Drouot and Marie-France Boyer; Thoughts on 'Le bonheur' (2006), a discussion between four intellectuals about the concept of happiness and its relation to the film; two short pieces by Varda investigating people's ideas of happiness; Jean-Claude Drouot returns, a featurette in which the actor revisits the film's setting forty years later; segment from the 1964 television program Démons et merveilles du cinéma, featuring footage of Varda shooting Le bonheur; interview with Varda from 1998 about Le bonheur; Du côté de la côte (1958), a short film by Varda exploring the tourist destination of the Côte d'Azur; theatrical trailer. |
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Disc 4: feature film Sans toit ni loi = Vagabond (1985) (105 min., col.); Remembrances (2003), a documentary on the making of the film, including interviews with Sandrine Bonnaire and other cast members; The story of an old lady (2003), a short piece in which Varda visits actress Marthe Jarnais, who plays the old aunt in the film; Music and dolly shots (2003), a conversation between Varda and composer Joanna Bruzdowicz; a 1986 radio interview with Varda and writer Nathalie Sarraute, who inspired the film; theatrical trailer. |
| Summary |
La Pointe Courte. 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Sans toit ni loi. 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. |
| Contents |
[V. 1.] La Pointe Courte (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). |
| Language |
French with optional English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Fishing villages -- France -- Drama.
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Fishing villages. |
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France. |
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Young women -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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Young women. |
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France -- Paris. |
| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Fiction films.
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Motion pictures, French.
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Foreign films -- France.
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Motion pictures -- France.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Varda, Agnès, 1928-2019, commentator, director, editor of moving image work, interviewee (expression), screenwriter, writer of added commentary, director.
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Beauregard, Georges de, producer, producer.
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Bodard, Mag, 1916-2019, producer, producer.
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Monfort, Silvia, actor, actor.
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Noiret, Philippe, actor, actor.
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Marchand, Corinne, 1931- or 1937- actor, actor.
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Bourseiller, Antoine, actor, actor.
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Davray, Dominique, actor, actor.
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Blank, Dorothée, actor, actor.
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Legrand, Michel, 1932-2019, actor, actor.
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Drouot, Jean-Claude, actor, actor.
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Drouot, Claire, actor, actor.
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Boyer, Marie-France, 1938- actor, actor.
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Drouot, Sandrine, actor, interviewee (expression), actor.
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Drouot, Oliver, actor, actor.
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Vecchiali, Paul, 1930- actor, actor.
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Bonnaire, Sandrine, 1967- actor, actor.
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Méril, Macha, 1940- actor, actor.
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Freiss, Stéphane, actor, actor.
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Cortadellas, Laurence, actor, actor.
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Lepcynski, Patrick, actor, actor.
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Moreau, Yolande, 1953- actor, actor.
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Jarnais, Marthe, actor, interviewee (expression), actor.
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Assouna, Yahiaoui, actor, actor.
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Bruzdowicz, Joanna, 1943-2021, composer (expression), interviewee (expression)
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Darke, Chris, writer of added commentary.
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Taubin, Amy, writer of added commentary.
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Martin, Adrian, 1959- writer of added commentary.
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Vincendeau, Ginette, 1948- writer of added commentary.
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Sarraute, Nathalie, author, interviewee (expression)
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Madonna, 1958- commentator.
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Janus Films, production company.
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Ciné Tamaris (Firm), production company.
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Rome Paris Films, production company.
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Parc Film (Firm), production company.
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Channel Four Films (Firm), production company.
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France. Ministère de la culture et de la communication, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), production company.
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| Added Title |
Four by Agnès Varda |
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Cinéastes de notre temps (Television program)
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Démons et merveilles du cinéma (Television program)
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Pointe Courte.
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Cléo de 5 à 7.
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Bonheur.
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Vagabond.
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Cléo from 5 to 7.
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Sans toit ni loi.
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Happiness.
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Opéra Mouffe.
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Du côté de la côte.
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Fiancés du Pont Macdonald.
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Remembrances.
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Cléo's real path through Paris.
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Two women of Le bonheur.
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Thoughts on Le bonheur.
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Jean-Claude Drouot returns.
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Story of an old lady.
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Music and dolly shots.
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| ISBN |
1934121851 (set) |
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9781934121856 (set) |
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193412186X (v. 1) |
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9781934121863 (v. 1) |
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1934121878 (v. 2) |
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9781934121870 (v. 2) |
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1934121886 (v. 3) |
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9781934121887 (v. 3) |
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1934121894 (v. 4) |
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9781934121894 (v. 4) |
| Standard No. |
715515025928 |
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00715515025928 |
| Music No. |
CC1730D Criterion Collection (set) |
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CC1731D--CC1734D Criterion Collection (v.1-v.4) |
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