The Criterion Collection

Featuring: Jean “Yanco” Varda, Sandrine Bonnaire, Sabine Mamou, Jane Birkin, Isabelle Adjani, Philippe Maron, Jean-Claude Drouot, Valérie Mairesse, Corinne Marchand, Philippe Noiret, Agnes Varda, Thérèse Liotard, Macha Meril, Édouard Joubeaud, Philippe Léotard, Sylvia Monfort, Claire Drouot, Richard Berry, Antoine Bourseiller, Marcello Mastroianni, Ali Raffi, Nino Castelnuovo, Dorothee Blank, Tom Taplin, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Stephane Freiss, Henri Garcin, Eva Dahlbeck, Eddie Constantine, Marie-Françoise Boyer, Laurent Monnier, Michel Legrand, Gary Feldman, Michel Piccoli, Robert Dadiès, Anouk Aimée, Brigitte De, Yolande Moreau, Julie Gayet, Sandrine Drouot, Marie-France Mignal, Lou Doillon, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Danielle Darrieux, Serge Gainsbourg, Mathieu Demy, Jean-Luc Godard, Anna Karina, Daniel Dublet, Patrick Lepczynski, Bertrand Tavernier, Olivier Drouot, Judy Campbell, Jose-luis de Vilallonga, Jean-Pierre Pellegrin, Lisa Blok-Linson, Catherine Deneuve, Paul Vecchiali, Emmanuel Salinger, David Birkin, Alain Souchon, Tina Odom, Dominique Davray , Françoise Fabian, Yahiaoui Assouna, Joel Fosse, Andrew Birkin, Delphine Seyrig, Laura Betti, Jacques Perrin, Fanny Ardant, Martha Jarnias, Claude Mann, Farid Chopel, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marc Michel, Laurence Cortadellas, Romane Bohringer, Jean-Claude Brialy, Harrison Ford, Patrick Bruel, Alain Delon, Dominique Sanda, Jeanne Moreau, Robert De Niro, Gerard Depardieu, Gina Lollobrigida, Hanna Schygulla
Year: 1955-2019
Time: 2477 total min.
Series: The Criterion Collection
Release Date: August 11 2020
MSRP:
$249.95
Blu-ray
15 Discs | BD-50
1.33:1 ratio
1.37:1 ratio
1.66:1 ratio
1.77:1 ratio
1.78:1 ratio
1.85:1 ratio
2.35:1 ratio
English 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
French 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
Musical Score 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
French 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo
English 1.0 PCM Mono
French 1.0 PCM Mono
French 5.1 DTS-HD MA Surround
Subtitles: English
Region A
Interviews with Agnès Varda’s children, Rosalie Varda and Mathieu Demy,
Discussion about Varda recorded at the 2019 Telluride Film Festival for the North American premiere of Varda by Agnès, featuring Varda's children Rosalie Varda and Mathieu Demy, director Martin Scorsese, and Telluride Film Festival cofounder Tom Luddy, moderated by Annette Insdorf
Agnès Varda’s Credit Sequences: 2019 video essay on how Varda opens and closes her films, “cinewritten” by Alex Vuillaume-Tylski
Sensing Bodies video essay created in 2019 by French online publication Trois Couleurs
Conversation between director Agnes Varda and her cat Nini was shot in 2019
Trailer for Varda by Agnès
Janus Films Retrospective Trailer
2012 discussion between Agnes Varda and actor-director Mathieu Amalric about La Pointe Courte
2007 video interview with director Agnes Varda
Excerpts from a 1964 episode of the French television series Cinéastes de notre temps, in which Agnes Varda discusses her early career
2017 interview with author Jhumpa Lahiri on La Pointe Courte
2007 introduction by Agnes Varda for Du Côté de la côte
Remembrances (2005), a documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with Agnes Varda and actors Corinne Marchand and Antoine Bourseiller
Excerpt from a 1993 French television program featuring Madonna and Agnes Varda talking about the film
Cléo’s Real Path Through Paris (2005), a short film retracing, on a motorcycle, Cléo’s steps through Paris
The Music of Michel Legrand: video essay made by Tony Zhou and Taylor Ramos for FilmStruck in 2016, explores the musical motifs in Cléo from 5 to 7
Trailer for Cléo from 5 to 7
2007 introduction by Agnes Varda for L’opéra Mouffe
Agnes Varda on Les fiancés du pont Macdonald
2007 introduction by Agnes Varda for Les dites cariatides
Les dites cariatides bis
2007 introduction by Agnes Varda for T'as de beaux escaliers, tu sais
Rue Daguerre in 2005, Agnès Varda pays visits to neighbors old and new thirty years after she made Daguerréotypes there
Bread, Painting, Accordion: short profile of Agnes Varda’s longtime bakery and accordion shop
Daguerreotypes, Photographic Objects: short video by Agnes Varda of a daguerreotype exhibit in 2005
Footage of an outdoor concert in Paris’s 14th arrondissement in 2005, shot by Agnes Varda
2007 introduction by Agnes Varda for Le lion volatil
Interview with Agnes Varda from 1998 about Le bonheur
The Two Women of "Le bonheur", a short piece featuring actors Claire Drouot and Marie-Françoise Boyer
Thoughts on "Le bonheur", a discussion between four scholars and intellectuals discussing the concept of happiness and its relation to the film
Two short pieces by Agnes Varda investigating people
Jean-Claude Drouot Returns (2006), 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
Trailer for Le bonheur
2012 introduction by Agnes Varda for Les créatures
Television program covering the production of Les créatures
2007 introduction by Agnes Varda for Elsa la Rose
2007 introduction by Agnes Varda for Uncle Yanco
2007 introduction by Agnes Varda for The Black Panthers
2014 introduction by Agnes Varda for Lions Love (...and Lies)
Viva Varda!, long-lost 1970 French television interview between Agnes Varda and Lions Love (... and Lies) star Viva
2014 introduction by Agnes Varda for Mur Murs
Two Street Artists, profile of street artists Jérôme Mesnager and Miss.Tic
Trailer for Mur Murs
Nausicaa: 1971 television film by Varda that was ultimately seized and supressed without reason after completion
Women Are Naturally Creative, a 1977 documentary directed by Katja Raganelli, featuring an interview with Agnes Varda shot during the making of the film, plus on-set interviews with actors Valérie Mairesse and Thérèse Liotard
Trailer for One Sings, the Other Doesn't
2007 introduction by Agnes Varda for Réponse de femmes
2007 introduction by Agnes Varda for Plaisir d’amour en Iran
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 Agnes Varda revisits actress Martha Jarnias, who plays the old aunt in the film
Music and Dolly Shots, (2003), a conversation between Agnes Varda and composer Joanna Bruzdowicz
A 1986 radio interview with Agnes Varda and writer Nathalie Sarraute, who inspired the film
David Bordwell on the plotting in Vagabond
Trailer for Vagabond
2007 introduction by Agnes Varda for 7 p., cuis., s. de b. . . . (à saisir)
2012 introduction by Agnes Varda for Jane B. par Agnès V.
Interview with actor Jane Birkin about her work with director and friend Agnès Varda
Trailer for Jane B. par Agnès V.
2012 introduction by Agnes Varda for Kung-Fu Master!
Interview from 1988 with actor Jane Birkin and director Agnes Varda on the twin releases of their films Jane B. par Agnès V. and Kung-Fu Master! aired on the Swiss television news program Bonsoir
2012 introduction by Agnes Varda for The Young Girls Turn 25
2012 introduction by Agnes Varda for The World of Jacques Demy
A Fun Moment with Michel Piccoli, 2004 interview where Agnes Varda reflects on One Hundred and One Nights and shares footage from an with an on-set interview with Piccoli
Set Visits, Director Agnes Varda narrates this behind-the-scenes footage featuring some stars that make cameo appearances in One Hundred and One Nights, including Marcello Mastroianni, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Deneuve, Robert De Niro, and Alain Delon
Trailer for One Hundred and One Nights
Hands and Objects: on Agnès Varda’s Shorts, a conversation among Anne Huet, Agnes Varda, and critic Alain Berlaga about the director's short films
Excerpts from Varda's unfinished films La melangite and Christmas Carole
1971 commercials for "Collants Minuit" and "Tupperware"
Post-Filmum to "The Gleaners and I"
The Gleaners Museum
Pre-Filmum to "The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later"
Tribute to Zgougou, tribute to Varda's cat
Chance is the Best Assistant: codirectors Agnes Varda and JR discuss the making of Faces Places
"The Beach Cabin" outtake from Faces Places
Codirectors Agnes Varda and JR discuss the music of Faces Places with composer Matthieu Chedid
Trailer for Faces Places
2007 introduction by Agnes Varda for Salut les cubains
2007 introduction by Agnes Varda for Ulysse
Une minute pour une image: a selection of photographs accompanied by commentary by intellectuals and artists - the filmmaker herself included - for French television
2007 introduction by Agnes Varda for Ydessa, les ours et etc
Around Trapeze Artists: 2009 featurette directed by Agnes Varda
Daguerre Beach: 2008 featurette directed by Agnes Varda capturing the creation of the beach in front of her house for The Beaches of Agnès
Scholar Kelley Conway discusses director Agnès Varda’s unique approach to self-representation in The Beaches of Agnès
Trailer for The Beaches of Agnès
Quelques veuves de Noirmoutier: adaptation by Varda of a video installation originally created to accompany L’île et elle, an exhibition she had presented at the Fondation Cartier in Paris into a documentary for ARTE in 2006
Installations: short profiles by highlighting the installation work Agnes Varda did across the world as a visual artist, starting in 2003
A lavishly illustrated 200-page book, featuring notes on the films and essays on Varda’s life and work by writers Amy Taubin, Michael Koresky, Ginette Vincendeau, So Mayer, Alexandra Hidalgo, and Rebecca Bengal, as well as a selection of Agnes Varda’s photography and images of her installation art