Varda is perhaps best known, however, for her talent as a documentarian, which enhanced both her fictional and non-fiction films. This astounding film kicks off a three-week retrospective of Varda's work at the Film Forum in New York. Andrea Meyer speaks with the legendary director about connecting with her audience, intuition, editing and cine-writing. I wonder what drew you to it as the topic for a documentary. So I was intrigued, by these people in the street picking food.
Nothing is left in the fields of wheat.
So I went to the potatoes, and I found these heart-shaped potatoes, and it made me feel good. Made me feel that I was on the right track. Filming, especially a documentary, is gleaning. But, you cannot push the analogy further, because we don't just film the leftovers. An audience is not a bunch.