![]() ![]() She is frustrated by obstacles along the way, such as not being able to gain access to Loden's papers, but these obstacles lead to insight. Léger throws herself into a research program more suited to a complete biography, even traveling to sites where Wanda was shot. Léger walks the reader through the film, patiently describing the scenes, and alternating these descriptions with the story of her commission to write a short encyclopedia entry on Loden and her film. Léger's book is part critical analysis, part biography, part memoir, fluidly shifting between modes. Wanda is a fascinating film, and Suite for Barbara Loden is a brilliant exploration of it. My local library happened to have a copy of Wanda. ![]() I bought it because I buy and love everything Dorothy, a publishing project, publishes. I knew nothing of Barbara Loden or her film Wanda before buying this book. ![]()
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