Cinema Double Shot

Cleo from 5 to 7: Reflections on French Culture and Psychic Cinema


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River City Stories collaborator Amandine Pope joins Wally for a screening of Agnès Varda's French New Wave masterpiece Cleo from 5 to 7. Along the way, they talk about the politics and culture of France, the use of psychic mediums in movies, and — of course — mortality.


00:03:13 An introduction to Agnès Varda's Cleo from 5 to 7

00:07:09 Wally's fascination with psychics

00:10:52 Amandine's brush with the occult

00:15:34 Quantum physics and the outer reaches of what we know

00:23:23 Cleo from 5 to 7 as a feminist film

00:26:11 The vagaries of language and translation

00:31:37 Teaching French to Americans

00:37:35 French culture and politics

00:49:12 Amandine's favorite French films


Learn French with Amandine:

🇫🇷 https://www.aufrenchcorner.com/


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🎟️ May 16 & 18: https://zoetropolis.com/movies/river-city-stories/


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Cinema Double ShotBy Wallace McKelvey