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Lions Love (1969)
Director: Agnès Varda
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A film bedevilled by its intellectualism. It attempts to analyse the media-Unwelt of fringe Hollywood in June '68, the material being: avant-garde theatre (Michael McLure's The Beard), experimental art film (Shirley Clarke), the hip-hype pop musical (Rado and Ragni of Hair), underground superstardom (Viva), and the TV news. Varda's presentation is a peculiarly confused mix of ancient Godard, cliché'd surrealism, '50s pop, and a half-arsed imitation of Warholian stylistics, with some rancid cream - an unconvincing triangular love trip à la Le Bonheur - thrown in for good measure. Set off against the love triangle garbage is a neat doom package of assassination (Robert Kennedy), attempted murder (Andy Warhol) and attempted suicide (Shirley Clarke). A nakedly bad film, a melange of incompatibles that induces embarrassment or irritation, but hardly humour or interest. JDuC.Author: JDuC
Cast & crew
Director: Agnès Varda
Producer: Agnès Varda
Cast: Viva, Gerome Ragni, James Rado, Shirley Clarke, Carlos Clarens, Agnès Varda, Eddie Constantine, Peter Bogdanovich, Billie Dixon, Richard Bright full cast
Duration: 110 mins
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