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Remembering Agnès Varda

Remembering Agnès Varda

FromStudio 360 with Kurt Andersen


Remembering Agnès Varda

FromStudio 360 with Kurt Andersen

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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Mar 31, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The trailblazing filmmaker Agnès Varda died on Friday of breast cancer at age 90. In tribute to her, we’re revisiting Kurt’s 2017 interview with Varda and her collaborator JR.Their Oscar-nominated movie, Faces Places,documents their loving — albeit unexpected — friendship. She was a founding member of the French New Wave, while he is a 36-year-old French artist known for plastering huge black-and-white photographs on the sides of buildings around the world. A few years ago, they hit the road for a tour of the French countryside, creating a series of public art projects everywhere they stopped.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Mar 31, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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The Peabody Award-winning Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, from PRI, is a smart and surprising guide to what's happening in pop culture and the arts. Each week, Kurt introduces the people who are creating and shaping our culture. Life is busy – so let Studio 360 steer you to the must-see movie this weekend, the next book for your nightstand, or the song that will change your life. Produced in association with Slate.