拾穗者

So so good. I think Varda’ artistry in this documentary is something that I admire a lot, where each encounter and documentation does not necessarily defines the whole, but hints at this overarching sentiment of the gleaners’ culture in various forms. No individual or event is being particularly analyzed in depth, and therefore there is no judgement being passed from the artist to the viewers. Everything is seen as itself, just structured in a way where we are able to behold the poetic value of something that we often tend to ignore. Through her arbitrary attitude towards filmmaking and playfully working with the coincidences that she ran into along the way, everything was able to come together and portray the subject matter at hand in a personal, yet non-intrusive manner. It’s really amazing when someone could be so comfortable with their medium that their energy just sponteneously emits like this, especially when its so wholesome in this case.