Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Beaches of Agnes - Sunday at 5:10

As mentioned and emailed, the Bijou is screening The Beaches of Agnes by Agnes Varda, the internationally beloved and respected French geriatric female filmmaker. She's been making international hits since the French New Wave. She's always fun to watch and so are her movies - art and entertainment, what more could we expect of film?

Also, Beaches has been getting monster reviews - http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/the_beaches_of_agnes_varda

Be there or be square. You can see it between this Thursday and next Wednsday at the Bijou, but the panel discussion - and myself - will be at the Sunday 5:10 showing (panel after movie).

THE BEACHES OF AGNES
Special Screening with Panel Discussion
Sunday, December 6th, 5:10 PM at the Bijou Theater

The Beaches of Agnes
Directed by Agnes Varda
France, 2008, 110 min, French w/ English subtitles, 35mm

Notable French New Wave filmmaker, Agnes Varda, turns the camera on herself in the autobiographical documentary THE BEACHES OF AGNES. Recounting vivid memories of the French film scene, Varda shares stories of various filmmakers including Alain Resnais and her deceased husband, Jacques Demy. THE BEACHES OF AGNES presents a visual scrapbook of Varda's memories, combining film clips, photos, and whimsical animation to tell her life story.

There will be a panel after the screening with members of he Cinema and Comparative Literature Department:
Prof. Steven Ungar
Prof. Sasha Waters Freyer
Andrew Peterson, Ph.D. candidate

Other times for The Beaches of Agnes can be found on Bijou calendars and at our website.

The Bijou Theater is located in the Iowa Memorial Union - Tickets available day of show for $5 - www.bijoutheater.org - 319-335-3258

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