AGNES VARDA 1928-2019
Hard news over the weekend as cinephiles the world over learned of and mourned the passing of revered filmmaker Agnes Varda.
Varda was a giant of European cinema as one of the prominent voices that emerged with the French New Wave.
Varda was an Oscar nominee for Best Documentary for her 2017 collaboration with artist JR: Faces Places which played at TFF #43. Varda also was a recipient of an Honorary Oscar. She was among TFF's first tribute recipients being recognized at the 4th Telluride Film Festival. Here's a snap of the entry for her tribute from the official TFF #4 program:
Tributes and reminiscences poured in from the film community from around the world over the weekend and I have linked several of those below:
It wouldn't surprise me that Varda could have the TFF #46 program dedicated to her in five months much like Pierre Rissient last year. I had already thought that some version of her latest and last film, Varda by Agnes (listed by IMDb as a television series), which screened at the Berlin Fest in February, might show up as a part of the TFF #46 program and with her death, I suspect that becomes even more likely. That is unless the producers/distributors choose to release it in the U.S. before Labor Day weekend.
One other note...among my favorite things to stumble across as I was preparing this story was the IMDb entry for Varda's 1967 documentary short Uncle Yanco which featured none other than Tom Luddy. Yes. There's a picture and a credit and the description mentions that the two were friends. Here's the pictorial evidence:
GARRONE'S BIG WEEKEND
Word this weekend that Matteo Garrone's Dogman, which played TFF #45 fared very well at the David di Doantello Awards picking up nine trophies out of a total of 15 nominations including Best Picture, Direction and Screenplay. The David di Donatello Awards are described by Varitey as Italy's equivalent of the Oscars.
Variety's coverage of those awards is linked here.
Meanwhile, almost simultaneously, we got our first glimpse of Garrone's next project...a live action version of Pinocchio starring Oscar winner Roberto Begnini.
Here's a pic of Begnini as Pinocchio's creator Geppeto:
Still via Greta De Lazzaris via The Hollywood Reporter
THR reports that Garrone plans to wrap principal photography by May... which could mean that with a quick turnaround...maybe people might see it as early as Labor Day...just saying...
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