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Cleo From 5 to 7 - Criterion Collection
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	List Price: $29.95 *Features* • Black & White • Color • DVD-Video • Letterboxed • Subtitled • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 1962 DVD Release : 16 May, 2000
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Agnes Varda, the lone woman in the French New Wave boys' club, made her reputation with her second feature Cleo from 5 to 7, a 90-minute drama set in real time exploring the internal turmoil of a flighty young pop singer who awaits the results of a medical examination for cancer. Leaving behind her elegant, almost antiseptic apartment for the bustle of the Parisian streets, she weaves through crowds and watches street performers while struggling with her fears and self-recriminations, confronting her shortcomings and finding hope in a chance meeting with a young soldier. Varda captures the vibrant social world and its easy rhythms in creamy black and white with smooth long takes, bringing an almost tactile quality to Cleo's personal odyssey, punctuated with chapter titles marking the time until her appointment at the hospital. Corinne Marchand's Cleo enters as a spoiled adolescent, but introspective internal monologues and brief encounters with strangers etch a portrait of a woman hiding her fears under a façade of flightiness, only discarding the mask when she firmly embraces life in the face of possible death. --Sean Axmaker

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"Nakedness is simplicity itself, like the sun..."

Cleo (Corinne Marchand) is a pop star whose life is filled with superficialities. Life does not seem so blissful from 5 to 7 though, because in this time she waits on the results of a medical test to determine if she has cancer or not. With such a troubling situation on her hands, she finds it hard to concentrate on music or her egotistic lover (JosA Luis de Villalonga). Instead, she takes the time into her own hands and experiences the world in a way she hasn't for a long time.

Director Jean-Luc Goddard makes an appearance in a silent film parody. It is actually really funny, despite being campy and ridiculous.

Normally when I think of New Wave films, I think of pretentiousness and ars gratia artis in the literal sense. However, this movie is genuinely moving and interesting to watch. Artistically, it is revolutionary. Varda employs elements of style that are rare in even today's cinema. Her use of jump cuts can be jarring, but they help set a mood. The hand held camera provides a sense of realism. The camera seems to always be moving, providing a sense of fluidity and chaos. However, the overall mood is that of peace and serenity, not chaos. Most of the scenes are shot outdoors in natural light. One feels the heat of the summer and the energy of the public on the street. Audiences can't help but feel a wonderful sense of being alive. This is what makes Cleo From 5 to 7 so watchable; it leaves the viewer feeling vibrant and happy. It is rare for a film to do this and so this one is a special find.

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