A film to pair with Varda’s Mur Murs (1981 as well) if you do docs– 64 minutes, non-professional actors (and it hurts in a couple scenes Sabine Mamou who plays the lead here is actually Varda’s editor on multiple films)
the opening of the film here on a mural
Lots of mural work and non-professionals (including a couple arguing which was real) which is part of the text because Sabine Mamou’s character is a documentary filmmaker
many beautiful L.A. murals in the film, gorgeous to look at, and formally connected
The reoccurring shot of Mamou behind the typewriter looking out at the beach with the wood frame reframing the beach—gorgeous- love that shot- good form to go back often and bounces it off that, some nudity, the L.A. travelogue footage, and window work—it’s a strong formal construction—it develops a rhythm even if the overall film is minor Varda
the shot (and variations on it) of the film, framing within the frame
Voice over
however slight the film may seem- Varda’s talents as a photographer make it necessary to archive
Through and off windows like Renoir—the French, in general, have a strong history of short films with Renoir and Jean Vigo
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