This is a series of very short films (I think they’re a bit longer than the announced “one minute”, though), each one about one photograph.

Varda does the “this makes me think of” school of commentary — we don’t learn a lot about how each photo was done (or about who did them)…

Some of these are more interesting than others, and I guess seen separately (shown randomly on TV, perhaps?) would be fun. But seen as a single 26 minute short, it’s hard to keep paying attention.

Oh, there were 170 of these? Wow.

Une minute pour une image. Agnès Varda. 1983. ⚂

As documentaries go, this is pretty odd. But then again, it’s Varda, right? Anyway, an exhibition featuring hundreds of pre-WWII pictures with teddy bears piqued her interest and she made this documentary about the person who mounted the show, and the show itself.

It’s pretty interesting, and there are, of course, twists. (Sort of.)

Ydessa, les ours et etc…. Agnès Varda. 2004. ⚄

Oh, is this another movie-from-stills…

No!

Heh heh.

(It’s the same guy as in the pic above.)

It starts off being a pretty straightforward documentary about a picture, but then it gets deeper. It’s fascinating.

Ulysse. Agnès Varda. 1983. ⚄