Jean Vigo Collection - 4 Films - 2-DVD Set ( À propos de Nice / Taris, roi de l'eau / Zéro de conduite / Le Chaland qui passe ) ( À propos de Nice / Jean Taris, Swimming Champion / Zero for Conduct (0 for Conduct) / L'Atalante )

Jean Vigo Collection - 4 Films - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: À propos de Nice / Taris, roi de l'eau / Zéro de conduite / Le Chaland qui passe
Alternate Title: À propos de Nice / Jean Taris, Swimming Champion / Zero for Conduct (0 for Conduct) / L'Atalante
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Silent ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
165 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1930 - 1934 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Jean Vigo

Written By:
Jean Vigo

Jean Guinée
Albert Riéra

Actors:
Jean Vigo
Jean Taris ..... Himself
Jean Dasté ..... Surveillant Huguet
Robert le Flon ..... Surveillant Pète-Sec
Du Verron ..... Surveillant-Général Bec-de-Gaz
Delphin ..... Principal du Collège
Léon Larive ..... Professeur
Madame Émile ..... Mère Haricot
Louis de Gonzague ..... Préfet
Raphaël Diligent ..... Pompier
Louis Lefebvre ..... Caussat
Gilbert Pruchon ..... Colin
Coco Golstein ..... Bruel
Gérard de Bédarieux ..... Tabard
Michel Simon ..... Le père Jules
Dita Parlo ..... Juliette
Jean Dasté ..... Jean
Gilles Margaritis ..... Le camelot
Louis Lefebvre ..... Le gosse
Maurice Gilles ..... Le chef de bureau
Raphaël Diligent ..... Raspoutine, le batelier

Synopsis:

Four films by Jean Vigo. The life of masterful French auteur Jean Vigo was cut tragically short at the age of 29, leaving him with a filmography of only four films. All four of these films are collected here, and together they represent a unique talent the likes of which the world had never seen. Cutting his teeth on the inventive, satirical À Propos de Nice, Vigo then turned to swimming champion Jean Taris in the experimental Taris, Roi de l'Eau. Vigo's two masterpieces, however, were undoubtedly the comical Zéro de Conduite and the breathatking L'Atalante. Vigo's films were never fully appreciated until well after his death, but now, over seven decades later, Vigo may be celebrated for what he is: a groundbreaking auteur responsible for some of cinema's most beautiful and provocative images.

À propos de Nice (1930)
À propos de Nice is a 1930 silent short documentary film directed by Jean Vigo and photographed by Boris Kaufman. The film depicts life in Nice, France by documenting the people in the city, their daily routines, a carnival and social inequalities. Vigo described the film in an address to the Groupement des Spectateurs d'Avant-Garde: 'In this film, by showing certain basic aspects of a city, a way of life is put on trial... the last gasps of a society so lost in its escapism that it sickens you and makes you sympathetic to a revolutionary solution.'

Jean Taris, Swimming Champion (1931)
Jean Taris, Swimming Champion is a 1931 short documentary directed by Jean Vigo about the French swimmer Jean Taris. The film is notable for the many innovative techniques that Vigo uses, including close ups and freeze frames of the swimmer's body.

Zero for Conduct (1933)
The film draws extensively on Vigo's boarding school experiences to depict a repressive and bureaucratised educational establishment in which surreal acts of rebellion occur, reflecting Vigo's anarchist view of childhood. The title refers to a mark the boys would get which prevented from going out on Sundays. It also shows the influence of Alfred Jarry's play Ubu Roi. Though the film was not immediately popular, it has proven to be enduringly influential. François Truffaut paid homage to Zéro de conduite in his 1959 film The 400 Blows. The anarchic classroom and recess scenes in Truffaut's film borrow heavily from Vigo's film, as does a classic scene in which a mischievous group of schoolboys are led through the streets by one of their schoolmasters. Lindsay Anderson's film If.... in its whole is a less whimsical reimagining of Zéro de conduite.

L'Atalante (1934)
The most acclaimed (and sentimental) film in Jean Vigo's short career. L'Atalante is the name of the barge owned by Jean (Jean Daste), who marries the lovely Juliette (Dita Parlo) at the film's beginning. Juliette comes to live aboard the barge, for Jean makes his living on the Seine. The arrival of a woman on board disrupts the small crew, but they do their best to make her welcome. The solitude and boredom soon take their toll on Juliette, so Jean brings her ashore for a night at a cafe in Paris. He becomes jealous of a flirtation between Juliette and a peddler, and when she leaves the ship again later, Jean casts off from the port. This dark love story is also peppered with hallucinations and unusual camerawork. A restored version was made available in 1990.

The life of masterful French auteur Jean Vigo was cut tragically short at the age of 29, leaving him with a filmography of only four films. All four of these films are collected here, and together they represent a unique talent the likes of which the world had never seen.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 08 June, 2011.