In the distant past of April 2020, Chris and I dove deep into an episode of our podcast Cinema Dual on the films of French filmmaker Agnès Varda. Though technically not my first experience with Varda, that week of watching Varda’s movies was eye-opening, to such an extent that when Criterion announced they were going to release a Blu Ray box set of her complete filmography, I jumped at the chance to catch up on everything I had missed. Each post will cover 1 of the 15 discs in the set.

Having gone through the (unsurprisingly well done) booklet of essays and the physical packaging of the set, my main question going into this project was one of ordering. The box set organizes the movies by themes and that runs counter to my initial preference for a chronological order. Although they did include a chronology for people like me, I decided to try things their way. Fortunately the logic behind this choice becomes quickly clear. Continue reading “Varda by Jon – Part 1: Agnès Forever”