Lions Love (. Lions Love (...and Lies) “One of the funniest artifacts of the liberated 1960s.” (Vincent Canby, New York Times) Agnès Varda brings New York counterculture to Los Angeles. Varda seems to be trying to make an improvisational meta-Warhol experiment or perhaps a hippie homage to Hollywood (who knows? In a rented house in the sun-soaked L.A. Hills, they delight in one another’s bodies while musing on love, stardom, and politics. . . . Lions Love (. Still, Lions Love isn't worthless. An intimate portrait of Warhol Superstar Viva, as she prepares for a gallery show of … Warhol superstar Viva floats into a precarious ménage à trois with James Rado and Gerome Ragni, the lyricists of the musical Hair . Manhattan does. and Lies) Dir. Restored by the Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata in association with Ciné-Tamaris and The Film Foundation. Lions Love (... and Lies) (1969) Three actors in Hollywood live and love together. . The image could not be loaded. . Agnès Varda brings New York counterculture to Los Angeles. and Lies) is a meta-cinematic inquiry into the alternating currents of whimsy and tragedy that typified late-sixties America. Lions Love (… and Lies), made in the late sixties during Varda’s first sojourn in California, was one of the director’s boldest, goofiest reckonings with the American counterculture. Restored by the Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata in association with Ciné-Tamaris and The Film Foundation. VIVAVIVA. . and Lies) is a metacinematic inquiry into the alternating currents of whimsy and tragedy that typified late-sixties America. . Lions Love (. Restoration funding provided by … In Lions Love (…and Lies), Varda captures the spirit of 1960s Hollywood in all of its anxious hedonism and ennui — yet she maintains her interest in human relationships underneath the hard plastic surfaces of this sunny, disorienting film. “It’s your story—you do it!” Lions Love (… and Lies), made in the late sixties during Varda’s first sojourn in California, was one of the director’s boldest, goofiest reckonings with the American counterculture. And Lies) (1969) With Viva , James Rado , Gerome Ragni . . Lions Love (. and Lies) was restored by the Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata in association with Ciné-Tamaris and The Film Foundation. This irresistibly kooky time capsule takes a bevy of 60s counterculture luminaries — Warhol superstar Viva , the creators of Hair, and filmmaker Shirley Clarke — and throws them together in a luxe Hollywood home. (Janus Films) (Janus Films) Genres: Drama , Comedy . LIONS LOVE (...AND LIES) is a metacinematic inquiry into the alternating currents of whimsy and tragedy that typified late-sixties America. A director comes from New York to make a movie about actors and Hollywood. That film, I think, is a masterpiece, despite of or because of its cinema verite insanity. . Lions Love is much less interesting, and it never reaches an emotional level like Ciao! Alex Auder & Nick Nehez. “The pressures here in Hollywood are so great, from all the dead people,” opines Warhol superstar Viva to James and Gerome, the two creators of the rock musical Hair. and Lies) is a meta-cinematic exploration of the alternating currents of playfulness and tragedy that typified late-sixties America. In a rented house in the sun-soaked Hollywood Hills, a woman and two men—Viva, of Warhol Factory fame, James Rado, and Gerome Ragni, who created and starred in the rock musical Hair —delight in one another’s bodies while musing on love, stardom, and politics. Manhattan, which depicts the toppling of Warhol's most famous protege, Edie Sedgwick. Audience Reviews for Lions Love. . 1969 Janus FIlms. Mar 07, 2017. Lions Love (. Lions Love (1969) could not be loaded. LIONS LOVE (...AND LIES) is a metacinematic inquiry into the alternating currents of whimsy and tragedy that typified late-sixties America. Dir. Lions Love (. . Agnès Varda brings New York counterculture to Los Angeles. Agnès Varda France 112 min. Warhol superstar Viva floats into a precarious ménage à trois with James Rado and Gerome Ragni, the lyricists of the musical Hair.