At age 89, legendary French filmmaker Agnès Varda has collaborated with 34-year-old visual artist JR on a remarkable new film, titled Faces Places. In it, the two of them journey from one rural French village to another, meeting people, taking their photographs, and printing large-scale versions of them, placed grandly within the environments. At an HBO Directors Dialogue, the two artist friends discussed their unique project and the wise and wonderful film that came out of it. We’ve also published a Q&A following a screening of Faces Places.

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