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Friday 10 November 2017

Agnes Varda, 1 of cinema’s
greats, relects on Oscar honor

By JAKE COYLE the ilm academy has often hairstyle is, like her movies,
AP Film Writer used the awards — which immediately identiiable as
NEW YORK (AP) — Agnes are selected by the acad- her own.
Varda, the 89-year-old emy’s 54-member board “Life comes through the
Belgian-born ilmmaker, es- — to reward a diverse frame and through the
timates that she receives a group of ilmmakers who stock. It’s like a ilter,” said
lifetime honor every three have escaped the notice Varda. “We ilter life to
months. of the Oscars. Varda nev- make it accessible to us.
In this May 19, 2017 ile photo, ilmmaker Agnes Varda appears
at the screening of the ilm “Visages, Villages,” at the 70th “I’m old so they don’t know er received an Academy We want to learn and then
international ilm festival, Cannes, southern France. Varda what to do with me,” she Award nomination, nor did give to other people imag-
will receive an honorary Oscar at this year’s annual Governor says with a smile. her fellow honoree Charles es, song and emotion and
Awards in Los Angeles. Associated Press On Saturday, Varda will Burnett, the groundbreak- discovery. We are artisans.
receive one of the highest ing independent ilmmaker I feel I am an artist but I am
of such awards: an honor- of “The Killer of Sheep.” a movie maker. I make a
ary Oscar, to be handed Of the night’s two other ilm with my hands. I love
out at the annual Governor selections — actor Don- the editing, I love the mix-
Awards, an untelevised din- ald Sutherland and cin- ing. It’s a tool to make oth-
ner gala in Los Angeles. But ematographer Charles er people exist. It’s giving
the award doesn’t much Roizman — only Roizman understanding between
impress Varda, a still-work- (“Network,” ‘’The Exorcist”) people.”
ing titan of European cin- has previously been nomi- Varda has long been an
ema and the sole female nated. inspirational, pioneering
ilmmaker who was part of Varda’s achievements, igure for women direc-
the historic New Wave in though, are well-known to tors. When she began mak-
France. cinephiles. Her 1956 ilm, ing movies, she estimates,
“It’s ridiculous. I’m well “La Pointe Courte,” is cred- there were three women
known but still remain poor, ited as the irst ilm of the ilmmakers in France.
with poor audiences and New Wave. Her real-time “When I started, my point
poor box ofice. It’s like a 1962 masterpiece, “Cleo was not to be a woman. I
consolation,” said Varda in from 5 to 7,” is considered wanted to do radical cin-
an interview earlier this fall. one of the era’s high points. ema,” said Varda. “Now,
“My daughter says I should Originally a photographer, France is a country where
go. But it’s the side Oscar. her ilms, from the ierce 25 percent of the ilmmak-
It’s not even in February. It’s feminist 1985 landmark ers are women. We have
in November. I think it’s the “Vagabond” to her ten- an incredible amount of
Oscar of the poor. I’m lat- der 2009 memory sketch women ilm directors and
tered but not that much.” “Beaches of Agnes,” have DPs. More than here, I have
The Governors Awards charted a more eccentric to say. Because we have
were irst held in 2009, and often whimsical path pushed the idea that they
jettisoning the lifetime than many of her New can do it, that there’s no
achievement winners Wave contemporaries. reason they can’t do it. All
from the primetime Oscars She’s small in stature but the jobs of ilmmaking can
broadcast. In recent years, her dual-toned bowl-cut be made by women.q

Christopher Plummer to replace

Kevin Spacey in Getty ilm

By LINDSEY BAHR and JAKE
COYLE
AP Film Writers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In
a wholly unprecedented
move, Kevin Spacey is be-
ing cut from Ridley Scott’s
inished ilm “All the Money
in the World” and replaced
by Christopher Plummer
just over one month before
it’s supposed to hit the-
aters.
People close to the pro- This combination photo shows Kevin Spacey at the Tony Awards
duction who were not in New York on June 11, 2017, left, and Christopher Plummer
authorized to speak pub- during a portrait session in Beverly Hills, Calif. on July 25, 2013.
licly said Wednesday that Associated Press
Plummer is commencing the role of J. Paul Getty. All reshot, the people told The
reshoots immediately in of Spacey’s scenes will be Associated Press. q