Lions Love
Agnès Varda / US, FR, 1969 / 110 min.
Agnès Varda films Warhol superstar Viva and independent filmmaker Shirley Clarke, among others, in a complex hippy era tale in which fact and fiction merge in this film about film, set against the backdrop of the assassination of Robert Kennedy and the assault on Andy Warhol; the TV is always on.
In the 1060s, Agnès Varda and her husband filmmaker Jacques Demy, lived in California. There, among other things, she shot a documentary about the Black Panthers and a now seldom screened film, Lions Love (…and Lies).
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Director
Agnès Varda
Production year
1969
Country
US, FR
Original title
Lions Love
Length
110 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NONE
Format
DCP
Part of
Underground
This autumn, Eye Filmmuseum highlights the American avant-garde cinema of the 1960s. The exhibition and film programme feature both iconic and lesser-known works, showcasing the era's vibrant experimental spirit. Highlights include films by pivotal avant-garde figures such as Jonas Mekas, Maya Deren and Stan Brakhage, as well as contributions from prominent visual artists like Bruce Conner, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Andy Warhol. This exploration of cinematic innovation is set against the backdrop of a changing society.
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