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Agnès Varda brings New York counterculture to Los Angeles. In a rented house in the sun-soaked Hollywood Hills, a woman and two men—Viva, of Warhol Factory fame, and 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. They are soon joined by underground director Shirley Clarke, playing herself as well as functioning as a surrogate for Varda. Lions Love (. . . and Lies) is a metacinematic inquiry into the alternating currents of whimsy and tragedy that typified late-sixties America.
Lions Love (. . . and Lies) was restored by the Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata in association with Ciné-Tamaris and The Film Foundation. Restoration funding provided by the Annenberg Foundation, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and The Film Foundation.
Original Release
09/20/1969
US Release
09/20/1969
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Viva | Viva |
James Rado | Jim |
Gerome Ragni | Jerry |
Shirley Clarke | Shirley |
Carlos Clarens | Carlos |
Eddie Constantine | Eddie |
Max Laemmle | Max |
Steve Kenis | Steve |
Hal Landers | Hal |
Billie Dixon | Jean Harlow in The Beard |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Viva | Viva |
James Rado | Jim |
Gerome Ragni | Jerry |
Shirley Clarke | Shirley |
Carlos Clarens | Carlos |
Eddie Constantine | Eddie |
Max Laemmle | Max |
Steve Kenis | Steve |
Hal Landers | Hal |
Billie Dixon | Jean Harlow in The Beard |
Richard Bright | Billy the Kid in The Beard |
Ben Ford | Blond Boy |
Peter Bogdanovich | Peter |
Lyndon B. Johnson | Self |
Ethel Kennedy | Self |
Robert F. Kennedy | Self |
Coretta Scott King | Self |
Michael McClure | The Beard Writer |
Jim Morrison | Self |
Pope John XXIII | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Max L. Raab | Producer |
Agnes Varda | Producer |