I had mixed reactions to this film. On the one hand I really liked the anthropological look at the culture of gleaning and the creative interviewing style of Agnes Verda; on the other hand her sub plot of noticing her self within the piece I found hard to follow and less engaging.
-Cool use of B-roll to show culture through art pieces about gleaning
-Nice quick shots of urban and rural gleaning with contemporary french rap over it.
-I like the feel of modern and historic France colliding in this activity of gleaning.
-A document of french sub-culture and society
-We meet the filmmaker intimately and somewhat cheesily using the camera as an examining device.
-Defining the word gleaning verses picking, what it means to glean vegetables, fruits things relation to being poor and or resourceful.
-A retriever making art from salvaged materials
-The movie starts to get more into theory "It is full in here, to relive you of emptiness" looking at the concept of gleaning in a house made of gleaned materials.
-Louis Pans-Junk sculpture artist, cool stuff!
-"It always comes back to the gleaners, trying to win there confidence, listen to them, converse with them rather then interview them and film them."-Agnes Verda
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