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The Gleaners and I [DVD] [2000] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

DVD ~ François Wertheimer
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  • Actors: François Wertheimer, Agnès Varda, Bodan Litnanski, Macha Makeïeff
  • Directors: Agnès Varda
  • Writers: Agnès Varda
  • Producers: Agnès Varda
  • Format: Colour, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
  • Language French
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Zeitgeist Films
  • DVD Release Date: 23 Jul 2002
  • Run Time: 142 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005Y727
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 53,876 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Artistically done, 16 Jan 2006
By Dennis Littrell (SoCal) - See all my reviews
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At one point in this unusual and very interesting documentary by French New Wave director Agnes Varda (born, 1928!) she ties it together by showing art made from "gleaned" articles--that is, trash thrown away and made into objects of art by artists.

Of course it is trite to recall that "one man's trash is another man's treasure," but it is so. How dearly archeologists love ancient midden sites, and how much we can learn about the ancients from their trash. But Varda is here to show us that we can also learn a lot about modern people from what they throw away, and from what is gleaned, and from the gleaners themselves. I thought the guy who ate (grazed almost) as he went through the market place after closing was interesting. Clearly going through the trash is something instinctive with humans: no doubt it comes from our prehistoric past when we were hunters and gatherers.

The main focus here is on gleaning fruits and vegetables left behind by mechanized pickers. It is interesting to note that there are laws going back hundreds of years that regulate gleaners. (Varda puts a French lawyer on camera to quote some relevant law.) I was fascinated to see that there are dumpster divers in France. In America dumpster diving has been a big deal since at least the sixties. Today there are Web sites devoted to dumpster diving, and I personally know some people who dumpster dive for fun and profit. It was also interesting to see just which fruits and vegetable are gleaned from the ground and from the trees and vines and plants left after the harvest, and to hear from the people who do the gleaning. Varda shows mounds of potatoes left behind, and we learn that both potatoes too small and potatoes too big are discarded by the producers. (In America, large potatoes are not only not discarded, they bring a higher price.) Interesting too were her interviews with French gypsies and others who derive a good part of their subsistence from gleaning.

I enjoyed seeing parts of France not normally seen on the screen or by tourists. In fact in some ways this documentary could serve as a kind of travelog so widely does Varda and her camera travel about the French countryside and cities.

See this for the Grande Dame of French cinema, Agnes Varda, auteur of the innovative documentary Cléo from 5 to 7 (1961) and other films who is now 77 years old and still going strong.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A great FILM . A TRANSCENDING experience., 1 May 2006
This movie- Varda's marvellous film about gleaning as a philosophy- is suprisingly beautiful and uplifting. Like many of Varda's work it is difficult to slot into a CATEGORY and therefore this modest and charming film may not have got a second look from many. What a shame. The DVD is even better because Zeitgeist films have added a supplement- Varda's 2nd film on the subject made two years later. The film's sucess had taken her by suprise. She revisits some of her subjects. This is one of those DVD's that will get repeated viewings from time to time and will be money well spent. Among one of my most profound viewing experiences. If you think humanity is all rotten this will renew your faith.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best independent documentary I've ever seen, 2 Aug 2005
Everything looks so poetic and beautiful in this legnedary work,the director surely triggered our potential sense of appreciation for the most ordinary elements in our daily lives...it's not a film about gleaner any more, it's a representation of the beauty of life and admiration for human nature.
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