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Gleaners and I, The
France 2000, 82 minutes
Dir. Agnes Varda
In French with English subtitles
Rating: [Exempt]
Genres: Documentary
Aroview: A widely-admired work by the godmother of French film, which essays the wastefulness of western society through a clutch of interviews with various compulsive recyclers and scavengers.
The ‘gleaners’ include a cordon-bleu chef, gypsies, winemakers, artists (and the director), while supermarkets and corporates come in for flak for their mean-spirited tactics in discouraging urban beachcombing. As always, Varda works on a personal level and here, using digital video, finds a medium that facilitates her visual ideas in a horde of miniature poetic moments.
Member Reviews
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(Very Good). Showing 1-2 of 2 member reviews.
4 stars (Very Good) Worth your time. It's funny but (sadly) profound, meandering but focused, always warm-hearted, always inventive. The director herself is the most eccentric and fascinating of all the characters presented here. ~Toby Dammit
4 stars (Very Good) Agnes's artistic eye could see a documentary in all manner of things and her endearing approach usually bore fruit. ~Tubbs
DVD Features
Includes an extra 60 minute documentary - "The Gleaners and I - Two Years Later".
- English subtitles for the hearing impaired
- 'making of' documentary / featurette
- aspect ratio: 4:3
Close Relatives
- Gallivant (1996)
- Beaches of Agnes, The (2008)
- Future of Food, The (2004)
- Mondovino (2004)
- Varda By Agnes (2019)
- Culturejam: Hijacking Commercial Culture (2001)
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