"How Could the Film be Interesting if the Director Doesn't Put Himself or Herself at Risk?": Agnès Varda, The Beaches Of Agnes

On the sad occasion of Agnes Varda’s passing at the age of 90 today, we’re reposting this spirited and typically inspiring 2009 interview done by Nick Dawson in the lobby of Film Forum when her autobiographical essay film, The Beaches of Agnes, was released here in the States. R.I.P. to one one of the great pioneers of modern cinema. DIRECTOR AGNÈS VARDA IN HER DOCUMENTARY THE BEACHES OF AGNES. COURTESY CINEMA GUILD. A member of the Nouvelle Vague as well as the Rive Gauche, iconic filmmake...