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Lions Love

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An independent filmmaker is so devastated when her film loses its funding, she decides to end her life.

Critics Reviews

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Pauline Kael The New Yorker Lions Love has a graceful surface, but it lacks a sense of the fitness of things -- and I don’t mean empty proprieties but true sensibility. Feb 5, 2024 Full Review Richard Brody The New Yorker More than a time capsule of events and moods-it's a living aesthetic model for revolutionary times. May 29, 2017 Full Review Variety Staff Variety The result is a pleasant, sometimes humorous blend of style and technique that ultimately is unsuccessful. Jul 7, 2010 Full Review Paul Schrader Coast FM & Fine Arts In Lion's Love Agnes Varda goes from the intellectual coldness of the French school to the dull, cold films of Warhol. Jun 30, 2020 Full Review Richard Whitehall Los Angeles Free Press The interrelation of themes, the weaving back and forth between acting and actuality, is fascinating. And that strong sense of the ambience of Los Angeles. Jan 17, 2020 Full Review Lewis Teague Los Angeles Free Press Although conceptually interesting, it ultimately disappoints by failing to deal with the things it purports to be about, such as what it's like to be an actor in Hollywood today. Jan 17, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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Jens B "I hate every form of entertainment, including living." The end of the Counter Culture's hippie dream? + loved the star montage (and basically every other montage in this film) + Varda has a great sense of editing and a great eye for detail - stunning! + this has to be the most 1969 movie I have ever seen (Tarantino's wet dream?) + adored the sequence of our throuple using giant 60s phones in different colors Why the low rating? - the story just doesn't work for me (and yes, this is a narrative feature, albeit an experimental one) - the characters got on my nerves FAST - 2 hours is a bit much for a breezy California summer flick = if you like time capsules like I do, this is one to sink your teeth in (I'm writing this while sick in bed, so take it with a grain of salt) "There is no cinematheque either. It is as if Hollywood is ashamed of its past." Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 08/15/24 Full Review Audience Member Es una película muy bella, y disfruté mucho que deja ver el proceso entre partes. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member At first I did not like this movie. The 3 stars were saying things that were supposed to be meaningful and symbolic but which I wasn't getting and only saw as frivolous nonsense until I realized it was frivolous nonsense. They represent what freedom brings to the bourgeoisie: senseless nonsense. Juxtaposed against the assassination of Bobby Kennedy this film is brilliant. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis An independent filmmaker is so devastated when her film loses its funding, she decides to end her life.
Director
Agnès Varda
Producer
Agnès Varda
Screenwriter
Agnès Varda
Production Co
Max L. Raab Productions
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 50m