Le Bonheur (Agnès Varda 1965) w/ Seth Vargas
Felicia is joined by Seth Vargas (Movie Friends Podcast) to discuss quite possibly one of the most terrifying films about a man, Le Bonheur (Agnès Varda 1965)
We discuss Varda’s take on fidelity and a man’s relentless search for happiness and its effect on the people around him.
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Sources:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058985/
A Woman’s Truth | Current | The Criterion Collection
https://www.nytimes.com/1966/05/24/archives/screen-le-bonheur-at-the-fine-artsa-moving-but-immature-treatment.html
Le bonheur: Splendor in the Grass | Current | The Criterion Collection
Taubin, A., Koresky, M., Vincendeau, G., Mayer, S., Hidalgo, A., & Bengal, R. (2020). The complete films of Agnès Varda. The Criterion Collection.
Conway, K. (2015). Agnès Varda. University of Illinois Press.
FILMS MENTIONED:
Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick 1999)
American Beauty (Sam Mendes 1999)
Brief Encounter (David Lean 1946)
In The Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wai 2000)
American Psycho (Mary Harron 2000)
One Signs, The Other Doesn’t (Agnès Varda 1977)
Vagabond (Agnès Varda 1985)
Cléo From 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda 1962)
Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh 1996)
The Swimmer (Frank Perry 1968)
The Gleaners & I (Agnès Varda 2000)
The Notebook (Nick Cassavetes 2004)
A Summer's Tale (Éric Rohmer 1996)
Diary of a Mad Housewife (Frank Perry 1970)
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