Wanda

“Well, I have to ‘cause we just love her so much, Wanda. One of my favorites, I would say, Barbara Loden. Barbara Loden! And, for Wanda, that’s a great film I’ve always loved. She’s extraordinary.”

“Oh my gosh, Wanda. This is… This Barbara Loden movie is extraordinary. And if you haven’t seen this and you haven’t seen this Performance, then you should stream it on the Criterion Channel right now. I’m gonna put it in my bag because this is another one I need to give away to actresses who come to my House.”

“We turned the camera back on because I love Wanda. This is a great film. I’m gonna take this too.”

“Well, this is my favorite film right now. Wanda. And Barbara Loden is a huge inspiration to me. And I just watched the documentary I Am Wanda, which I’m obsessed with. I just watched it a couple days ago. But she is a remarkable actress, woman. This is one of my dearest, favorite films. I’m so happy I get to have that.”

“I saw when I came in Wanda by Barbara Loden here. It's one of my favorites and I must say is something I have discovered together with my friend Haroon Farocki. He used Wanda for one of his seminars. One scene, Wanda is coming into a bar, she's out of money... And this man who is not the bar keeper, he's a robber. From this moment on both are together, the robber and Wanda. People are together not because they are in love because they need each other. Love is something which is coming later.”

“Wanda I mean obviously not just because it's about a woman trying to find her place but also like I guess I'm always attracted to women who subvert their fate but also Wanderers so Wanda will be in my yes pile for sure.”

“Wanda by Barbara Loden. I know this movie has received its due reappraisal, but not enough people talk about how funny it is. The character of Mr. Dennis, played by Michael Higgins, is… is right up there with Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet. “No junk.” He’s talking about pickles. It also has one of the great final freeze-frames, which involves a hot dog.”

“Wanda. I really have to thank Criterion for this because I didn't know about this film. To have it, to bring it back was such a treat. I didn't know that Barbara Loden—I know her as an actress but I didn't know that she was a director and this was such a labor of love. She came out with a masterpiece. It's about a woman who was invisible and she made her more than visible, viable. You really care about her and feel for this woman who was a pawn to men's schemes. Barbara Loden gives her voice.”

“So Wanda I'd never seen but I saw Wanda on the Criterion Channel when it was on there and my wife Maggie was doing The Deuce and we watched it. I think it was something that it really inspired me, this kind of like really wild troubling vision of this woman who's just like right on the edge of what it means to be alive. I mean it is terrifying and how the potential for violence in it and stuff, it's really intense. I know it really inspired Maggie when she was doing The Deuce.”

“Here is Wanda. A good friend of mine. I like this woman. She’s great. Barbara Loden. I like the way she comes to the court with bigoudis.”

“Une grande découverte. Je ne suis pas sûr d'avoir rencontré une plus grande solitude aussi dans un film de cinéma. Elle veut changer de vie pendant tout le film, n'arrive pas à sortir de cette solitude qui est terrible et on a envie d'être avec elle à la fin du film et boire un verre avec elle, une cigarette absolue.”

“Wanda Barbara Loden she made This brilliant film she left the world way too early this movie is such a study of Womanhood there's no glory in it's just the life of a woman who has reached the end of her rope I could watch this movie over and over and over again...”