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Variety by David Stratton
The World of Jacques Demy is a major addition to films about filmmakers, and achieves its purpose in making the viewer immediately want to see the key films again.
The World of Jacques Demy (L'Univers de Jacques Demy)
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- France,
- Belgium,
- Spain
- 1995
- · 90m
Director
Agnès Varda
Cast
Agnès Varda,
Anouk Aimée,
Danielle Darrieux,
Catherine Deneuve,
Jeanne Moreau,
Jacques Perrin
Genre
Documentary
Agnès Varda’s documentary portrait of her late husband, Jacques Demy. In addition to interviews and clips from his films, Varda shares her own memories of the man, as well as those of his friends, fans, and colleagues. An incredibly personal and poignant portrait of one of the giants of cinema that doubles as a love letter from a grieving wife.
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75
TV Guide Magazine
Noted French filmmaker Demy's wife Agnes Varda helmed this intensely personal tribute to her late husband. It is her third such tribute and is the only one to look deeply into Demy's vision as a director and his filmmaking techniques.
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San Francisco Examiner by Barbara Shulgasser
Referring to his love of Hollywood musicals and a working-class background that fostered enduring dreams of making movies one day, Varda creates an homage to a filmmaker's imagination. It doesn't hurt that she was also in love with him.
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TV Guide Magazine by Staff (Not Credited)
Noted French filmmaker Demy's wife Agnes Varda helmed this intensely personal tribute to her late husband. It is her third such tribute and is the only one to look deeply into Demy's vision as a director and his filmmaking techniques.
70
The New York Times
[Varda's] film slides in and out of [Demy's] career and personal life with a French sensibility that puts no great stock in exact chronological order or clearly announced shifts from one film to the next. At times this is annoying, but it pays to keep up, or if necessary back up a bit, to get the measure of an elegantly romantic filmmaker with a strong feel for nostalgia and chance. [09 Dec 2003, p.E1]
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The New York Times by Peter M. Nichols
[Varda's] film slides in and out of [Demy's] career and personal life with a French sensibility that puts no great stock in exact chronological order or clearly announced shifts from one film to the next. At times this is annoying, but it pays to keep up, or if necessary back up a bit, to get the measure of an elegantly romantic filmmaker with a strong feel for nostalgia and chance. [09 Dec 2003, p.E1]
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