Guest Selects: Le Bonheur
<p>LE BONHEUR is presented as part of our Olivia Wilde Guest Selects for her new film, <a href="http://drafthouse.com/show/the-invite"><strong>THE INVITE</strong></a>.</p> <p><em>Agnès Varda’s 1965 film is built around one of the most beautiful color palettes ever put on screen – milky pastels, sunflower yellows, lush summer greens, picnic blankets that look like they were dipped in light. Cinematographer Jean Rabier shoots it like a series of paintings, with solid color fields between scenes and costumes that melt into the landscape. That palette was the biggest single reference for THE INVITE’s look – the idea that color itself can do real comic and emotional work. Varda treats beauty as a tool, not a decoration, and the film is worth watching on a real screen for that reason alone.</em> (Olivia Wilde)</p>