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[Paris: Agnès Varda, 1966]. Vintage original film script, 11 x 8.25" (28 x 21 cm.), tan untitled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for director Agnès Varda. 229 leaves, with last page of text numbered 227. Mimeographed, rectos only. With a single holograph ink notation to the front wrapper. Laid in with the script is a set of seven typed revision pages, lightly marked with holograph ink notation checks next to each sequence, partially bound at the top left corner. Pages near fine, wrapper very good, with soil to the front wrapper, bound with two gold brads. Filmmaker Agnès Varda (1928-2019) is often referred to as the "grandmother" or "godmother" of the French New Wave -- a title she objected to because she was not, in fact, significantly older than her New Wave peers, Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut, Alain Resnais, et al. Regardless, Varda's debut feature, LA POINTE COURTE (1955), shot independently and on location, is now generally considered to be the first full-length film of the New Wave movement. LES CRÉATURES (1966) was the fourth feature film directed by Varda and is one of her most unusual, even for an innovative multimedia artist like Varda who was always challenging herself and attempting to do something different with every project. It is the only Varda feature where the leads are played by two internationally known movie stars, Michel Piccoli and Catherine Deneuve. It is her only film that can be categorized as science fiction. LES CRÉATURES is formally unique for being shot in widescreen black and white with occasional flashes of red and other colors. Unlike the majority of Varda's films, it has a male protagonist. Where most of Varda's work is either documentary or mixes documentary with fiction -- and even her fictional films are more anecdotal or character-driven than plot-driven -- LES CRÉATURES is unique among Varda's films in its foregrounding of narrative. Aside from its general quirkiness, LES CRÉATURES resembles other Varda films in its blending of documentary and fiction. The film begins with footage of actual crab fishermen working off the coast of the island, and the film's cast is filled with non-actors who are actual residents of the island. Varda's films are also known for their feminist perspective -- their ongoing critique of patriarchy -- and the married couple in LES CRÉATURES -- where the husband is married to an impossibly beautiful wife who is always smiling and supportive, who never speaks, and who ultimately gives birth to a male child -- can easily be viewed as a tongue-in-cheek parody of the male ideal of a perfect marriage. LES CRÉATURES is dedicated to Varda's filmmaker husband, Jacques Demy, whose best known movie, THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (1964), also starred Catherine Deneuve. N° de réf. du vendeur 200651
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