The Complete Varda 18 – The Gleaners and I

The Complete Varda 18 – The Gleaners and I Matt and Travis move into the 21st century with Varda’s pivotal The Gleaners and I. A massive success upon release in France, Varda’s first digital feature created a media frenzy and helped reenergize the aging filmmaker, catapulting her into the final two decades of her work that produced an extraordinarily productive run of films and art installations. We discuss the film’s merging of digital aesthetics and philosophy with a broader tradition of repurposing discarded food and artifacts, along with the rediscovery of Varda’s significance and reappraisal of her filmography which began in the late 90s and early 2000s. The Complete Social: Facebook | Find us on Instagram @thecompletepod! Matt Gasteier: Letterboxd Travis Trudell: Letterboxd