Les Creatures (1966)

Agnes Varda's "Les Creatures" Agnes Varda once described her 1966 film " Les Creatures " as an attempt to show the messy nature of inspiration. This notion is convey through the protagonist, Edgar, who is a writer attempting to scribe a science-fiction story using the characters and places he is surrounded by in his small town. Varda seems to create a sense of disorder as she mixes fantasy with reality throughout. There is so much uncertainty about what is really happening in the film that I often didn't notice that things were slipping into an altered reality or dream state, even when things got really out of hand. I still consider " Les Creatures " to be entirely in the "new wave" mold, as Varda gleefully continues to push the boundaries of editing and construction. With Varda's realization, I get so swept away by what is real and what is not and eventually come to the conclusion that these lines between reality don't really ...