Agnès Varda: LIONS LOVE (…AND LIES)
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Monday, September 23rd, at 6PM
LIONS LOVE (…AND LIES)
1969, Agnès Varda, France, 112 mins
In French with English subtitles | Format: Digital
Agnès Varda’s very complex film stars Janet Susan Mary Hoffmann (aka Viva), Shirley Clarke, and James Rado and Gerome Ragno (the authors of Hair), with a guest appearance by Eddie Constantine. In it a woman director comes to Hollywood hoping to make a film “using stars as real people.” The studio heads (played by themselves) refer to “this girl” from the “new wave” who “does something different with films.” The filmmaker is called and played by Shirley Clarke, but, of course, she is Varda as well. At one point, when Clarke isn’t playing a scene right, Varda steps into the frame from behind the camera to demonstrate. LIONS LOVE (. . . AND LIES) is an intricate, intriguing, very full movie, all about Hollywood and the old hierarchical ways of making films. It brings to mind that most venerable and respected of the old Hollywood “women’s directors” who shakes his head in non-comprehension when Agnès Varda is mentioned and says “That woman is a real ball-buster.” (Written in 1974 for the Film Center by Barbara Bernstein. Edited for length and clarity.)
BlockFilms by Women/Chicago ’74: In September 1974, at the height of the feminist movement, the Film Center hosted Films By Women/Chicago ‘74, a series of screenings, workshops, and discussions, drawing 10,000 patrons to more than 70 short and feature films by women filmmakers. This fall, we’re partnering with Northwestern University’s Block Cinema to celebrate the 50-year anniversary of Films by Women/Chicago ‘74. Screenings held across the two venues will revisit some of the festival’s most original and daring films and filmmakers while reflecting on the event’s enduring legacies. Read more
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu
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