Lions love / Janus Films ; Ciné-Tamaris présente une production de Max L. Raab ; d'Agnes Varda ; written and directed by Agnes Varda.

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Ragni, Rado and Viva play themselves, waiting for their big Hollywood break and casually drifting into a ménage à trois. Varda captures the quirky, laid-back lifestyle of 1960's Los Angeles as her characters contemplate metaphysics, the dangers of milk consumption, Hollywood sinking into the ocean....

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Uniform Title:Lions love (Motion picture : 1969)
Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)). Agnès Varda in California. Series 43,
Criterion collection.
Corporate Authors: Janus Films (Production company)
Ciné Tamaris (Firm) (Production company)
Criterion Collection (Firm) (Publisher)
Other Authors: Varda, Agnès, 1928-2019 (Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer)
Raab, Max L. (Film producer)
Viva, 1938- (Actor)
Rado, James (Actor)
Ragni, Gerome (Actor)
Clarke, Shirley, 1919-1997 (Actor)
Clarens, Carlos (Actor)
Constantine, Eddie, 1917-1993 (Actor)
Landers, Hal, 1928-1991 (Actor)
Bright, Richard, 1937-2006 (Actor)
Larner, Stevan (director of photography.)
Alexander, Lee (director of photography.)
Dalva, Robert, 1942-2023 (Editor of moving image work)
Byrd, Joseph (composer (expression))
McClure, Michael
Torn, Rip, 1931-2019 (stage producer.)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English with optional English subtitles.
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
Series:Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)). Agnès Varda in California.
Criterion collection.
Subjects:
Motion picture actors and actresses > California > Los Angeles > Drama.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Social life and customs > Drama.
Nineteen sixties > Social aspects > Drama.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films > United States.
Feature films > France.
Genre:
Drama.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films
Physical Description:1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Variant Title:
Lions love (... and lies)
Lions love (and lies)
Agnès Varda in California.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Ragni, Rado and Viva play themselves, waiting for their big Hollywood break and casually drifting into a ménage à trois. Varda captures the quirky, laid-back lifestyle of 1960's Los Angeles as her characters contemplate metaphysics, the dangers of milk consumption, Hollywood sinking into the ocean.
Note:Play "The Beard" by Michael McClure ; staged by Rip Torn.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1969.
Restored in 2013 at L'Immagine Ritrovata laboratory.
Widescreen (1.66:1)
One of a 3-disc (5 films) set issued together in the Agnes̀ Varda in California collection.
Call Number:PN1998.3.V368 L56 2015 VideoDVD
Awards:Official selection of the New York Film Festival (1969).
ISBN:1681430398
9781681430393
1681430290
9781681430294
Credits:Camera, Steve Larner, Lee Alexander, William Weaver, Rusty Roland ; editing, Robert Dalva, Carolyn Hicks ; production, Jacques Trois, Lynn Littman ; music, Joseph Byrd.
System Details:DVD; region 1, NTSC; 16:9 presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.
Cast:
Viva, Jim Rado, Jerry Ragni, Shirley Clarke, Carlos Clarens, Eddie Constantine, Max Laemmle, Steve Kenis, Hal Landers ; Billie Dixon, Richard Bright.