Lions Love

1969
12
1h 52m

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Three actors in Hollywood live and love together. A director comes from New York to make a movie about actors and Hollywood.Three actors in Hollywood live and love together. A director comes from New York to make a movie about actors and Hollywood.Three actors in Hollywood live and love together. A director comes from New York to make a movie about actors and Hollywood.

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Viva

Viva

James Rado

Jim
(as Jim Rado)

Gerome Ragni

Jerry
(as Jerry Ragni)

Shirley Clarke

Shirley

Carlos Clarens

Carlos

Eddie Constantine

Eddie

Max Laemmle

Steve Kenis

Steve

Hal Landers

Billie Dixon

Jean Harlow in The Beard

Richard Bright

Billy the Kid in The Beard

Peter Bogdanovich

Man coming out of memorabilia shop
(uncredited)

Ben Ford

Benjamin - blond boy
(uncredited)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Ethel Kennedy

Self
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Robert F. Kennedy

Self
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Coretta Scott King

Self
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Michael McClure

The Beard Writer
(uncredited)

Director
- Agnès Varda
Writers
- Agnès Varda
- Michael McClure
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Trivia
Jim Morrison: Agnès Varda originally wanted Jim Morrison to play one of the male leads. He declined, though he visited the production during filming and can be briefly seen as an audience member of the theater performance of "The Beard" in the opening scene.

Quotes
Viva: Even if he is corrupt, at least he does it with style.
Jim: Viva, you're too much.
Viva: Of course, all politics is the same thing. They're just better actors. Much better actors. If you were as good an actor as Bobby Kennedy you'd be where Bobby Kennedy is up on the podium.
Jim: Who wants to be up there? You could get killed.
Viva: Influencing the masses.

Connections
Featured in Varda par Agnès: Causeries 1 (2019)

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10/10

Fascinating American work by new wave feminist filmmaker.

Agnes Varda directed this fascinating cinema verte like fictional film in 1969. The film traces Gerome Ragnai and James Rado (the composers of HAIR) and Andy Warhol actress Viva as they try to break into the Hollywood lifestyle. American feminist icon filmmaker Shirley Clarke is featured in an extended role, also playing a fictionalized version of herself. Clarke is attempting to get studio financing for a film project that seems to be consciously satirizing the struggles Varda must have had in getting this film made. This film is funny, beautifully shot and imaginatively edited. It is a must see for fans of Varda and the French New Wave.