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Lions Love (… and Lies)

Agnès Varda
1969 France 119 minutes English
© Ciné-Tamaris
© Ciné-Tamaris
© Ciné-Tamaris

Andy Warhol discovery Viva, filmmaker Shirley Clarke and Jerome Ragni and James Rado, the creators of Hair, play themselves in Varda’s vision of Hollywood and the sexual revolution. Structured as a playful film within a film, Varda repeatedly punctures the cinematic illusion by discussing scenes with the actors from behind the camera and at one point appearing briefly, to show Clarke how to act out a suicide attempt. Combined with footage of Bobby Kennedy’s assassination and the shooting of Andy Warhol, Lions Love is a time capsule of free love and its consequences.

Production :
Ciné-Tamaris; Agnès Varda
Distribution :
Ciné-Tamaris
Sound :
Georges Alch
Photography :
Steve Larner

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