Jean Vigo
By August 31, 2011
Let there be no trouble, no pranks . . . Do you realize the enormity of our moral responsibility? —Headmaster in Zéro de conduite There is nothing in the history of movies that mirrors or . . . Read more »
- France
- 1930
- 23 minutes
- Black and White
- 1.33:1
- Silent
SYNOPSIS: Jean Vigo was twenty-five when he made this, his debut film, a silent cinematic poem that reveals, through a thrilling and ironic use of montage, the economic reality hidden behind the facade of the Mediterranean resort town of Nice. The first of Vigo’s several collaborations with cinematographer Boris Kaufman (Dziga Vertov’s brother and a future Oscar winner), À propos de Nice is both a scathing and invigorating look at 1930 French culture.
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Cast
Credits
| Director | Jean Vigo and Boris Kaufman |
| Photography | Boris Kaufman |
| Editing | Boris Kaufman and Jean Vigo |
| Screenplay | Jean Vigo |
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À propos de Jean and Boris
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City symphony or spa burlesque? Polemic or caprice? From the outset, even in his manifesto lecture “Towards a Social Cinema,” delivered to the Groupement des Spectateurs d’Avant-Garde at Paris’s . . . Read more »
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