Fri November 22, 2013
Cléo From 5 to 7
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at Pacific Film Archive (PFA) Theater
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(Cléo de 5 à 7). The film that established Varda’s international reputation, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a classic work of the French New Wave, distinguished by its original form and intimate portraiture. Presenting events that appear to unfold in real time, Cléo chronicles two hours in the life of a pop singer (Corinne Marchand), who is waiting to learn if she has cancer. Shot entirely on location in the streets of Paris, the film features a score by Michel Legrand (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) and cameos by Legrand, Jean-Luc Godard, and Anna Karina. Cléo demonstrates one of Varda’s favorite themes, that “one isn’t born a woman, one becomes one.” In the New Yorker, Pauline Kael described Varda’s work as “one of the few films directed by a woman in which the viewer can sense a difference. . . . (It) sustains an unsentimental yet subjective tone that is almost unique in the history of movies.”
—Susan Oxtoby
• Written by Varda. Photographed by Jean Rabier. With Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dorothée Blanck, Michel Legrand. (90 mins, In French with English subtitles, B&W/Color, DCP, From Janus Films/Criterion Collection)
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(Cléo de 5 à 7). The film that established Varda’s international reputation, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a classic work of the French New Wave, distinguished by its original form and intimate portraiture. Presenting events that appear to unfold in real time, Cléo chronicles two hours in the life of a pop singer (Corinne Marchand), who is waiting to learn if she has cancer. Shot entirely on location in the streets of Paris, the film features a score by Michel Legrand (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) and cameos by Legrand, Jean-Luc Godard, and Anna Karina. Cléo demonstrates one of Varda’s favorite themes, that “one isn’t born a woman, one becomes one.” In the New Yorker, Pauline Kael described Varda’s work as “one of the few films directed by a woman in which the viewer can sense a difference. . . . (It) sustains an unsentimental yet subjective tone that is almost unique in the history of movies.”
—Susan Oxtoby
• Written by Varda. Photographed by Jean Rabier. With Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dorothée Blanck, Michel Legrand. (90 mins, In French with English subtitles, B&W/Color, DCP, From Janus Films/Criterion Collection)
Digital Restoration!
(Cléo de 5 à 7). The film that established Varda’s international reputation, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a classic work of the French New Wave, distinguished by its original form and intimate portraiture. Presenting events that appear to unfold in real time, Cléo chronicles two hours in the life of a pop singer (Corinne Marchand), who is waiting to learn if she has cancer. Shot entirely on location in the streets of Paris, the film features a score by Michel Legrand (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) and cameos by Legrand, Jean-Luc Godard, and Anna Karina. Cléo demonstrates one of Varda’s favorite themes, that “one isn’t born a woman, one becomes one.” In the New Yorker, Pauline Kael described Varda’s work as “one of the few films directed by a woman in which the viewer can sense a difference. . . . (It) sustains an unsentimental yet subjective tone that is almost unique in the history of movies.”
—Susan Oxtoby
• Written by Varda. Photographed by Jean Rabier. With Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dorothée Blanck, Michel Legrand. (90 mins, In French with English subtitles, B&W/Color, DCP, From Janus Films/Criterion Collection)
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(Cléo de 5 à 7). The film that established Varda’s international reputation, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a classic work of the French New Wave, distinguished by its original form and intimate portraiture. Presenting events that appear to unfold in real time, Cléo chronicles two hours in the life of a pop singer (Corinne Marchand), who is waiting to learn if she has cancer. Shot entirely on location in the streets of Paris, the film features a score by Michel Legrand (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) and cameos by Legrand, Jean-Luc Godard, and Anna Karina. Cléo demonstrates one of Varda’s favorite themes, that “one isn’t born a woman, one becomes one.” In the New Yorker, Pauline Kael described Varda’s work as “one of the few films directed by a woman in which the viewer can sense a difference. . . . (It) sustains an unsentimental yet subjective tone that is almost unique in the history of movies.”
—Susan Oxtoby
• Written by Varda. Photographed by Jean Rabier. With Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dorothée Blanck, Michel Legrand. (90 mins, In French with English subtitles, B&W/Color, DCP, From Janus Films/Criterion Collection)
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2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94720
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