Agnès Varda started as a still photographer with her first professional job at age 22. Her first film, La Pointe Courte, was finished at age 26. It is considered the first film of the French New Wave, La Nouvelle Vague.
It tells the story of a couple questioning romance set in a fishing village.
There is a Portland connection too, Portland artists Laura Glazer and Jennifer Jones papered the city with enigmatic posters “Agnès Varda Forever.” http://psusocialpractice.org/agnes-varda-forever/ Now La Pointe Courte will be presented by Fin de Cinema and the Portland woman filmmaker POWFest, at Holocene.
Musicians scoring the film live are Erika M. Anderson, Kathy Foster, and Rachel Blumberg.
These events are always beautiful. They bring together the musician, movie, and visual arts crowd for some serious listening and watching.
At Holocene 1001 SE Morrison. Proof of vaccination required. Doors 8PM $15
