Genres: Comedy, Drama, Criterion Collection, Silent, Multi-Feature, Boxed Sets
Cast: Michel Simon, Jean Daste, Dita Parlo, Louis Lefebvre, Louis Berger
Director: Jean Vigo
Synopsis: Even among cinema's greatest legends, Jean Vigo stands alone. The son of a notorious anarchist, Vigo had a brief but brilliant career making poetic, lightly surrealist films before his life was cut tragically short by tuberculosis at age twenty-nine. Like the daring early works of his contemporaries Jean Cocteau and Luis Buñuel, Vigo's films refused to play by the rules.
This set includes all of Vigo's titles:
À PROPOS DE NICE, an absurdist, rhythmic slice of life from the bustling coastal city of the title; TARIS, an inventive short portrait of a swimming champion; ZÉRO DE CONDUITE, a radical, delightful tale of boarding-school rebellion that has influenced countless filmmakers; and, of course, L'ATALANTE, widely regarded as one of cinema's finest achievements, about newlyweds beginning their life together on a canal barge. These are the endlessly witty, visually adventurous works of a pivotal film artist.
Language: French
Country of Origin: France
Production Year: 1934
Reviews:
- "The great poet of the screen.", Jonas Mekas,
- "Friskily alive, his films have been a tonic to filmmakers and cineastes alike with their visual verve, disarming poignancy, and playful humor.", Nicolas Rapold, LA Weekly
- Release Date: Aug 30th, 2011
- Catalog Number: CC2046DDVD
- UPC: 715515084918
- Rating: Not Rated
- Run Time: 161
- Color Format: Black & White
- Audio: PCM Mono
- Language: French, Silent
- 16:9: No
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of Discs: 2
- Closed Captions: No
- Subtitle: English
- Special Features:
New high-definition digital restorations of all of Jean Vigo's films
Audio commentaries featuring Michael Temple, author of Jean Vigo
Alternate shots from A propos de Nice, featuring footage Vigo cut from the film
Animated tribute to Vigo by filmmaker Michel Gondry
1964 episode of the French television series Cineastes de notre temps on Vigo
Conversation from 1968 between filmmakers Francois Truffaut and Eric Rohmer
Les voyages de "L'Atalante," Bernard Eisenschitz's 2001 documentary
Video interview from 2007 with director Otar Iosseliani on Vigo
New and improved English subtitle translations
PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by film writers Michael Almereyda and more!
- Release Date: Aug 30th, 2011
- Catalog Number: CC2045BD
- UPC: 715515084819
- Rating: Not Rated
- Run Time: 161
- Color Format: Black & White
- Audio: PCM Mono
- Language: French, Silent
- 16:9: Yes
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of Discs: 1
- Closed Captions: No
- Subtitle: English
- Special Features:
New high-definition digital restorations of all of Jean Vigo's films
Audio commentaries featuring Michael Temple, author of Jean Vigo
Alternate shots from A propos de Nice, featuring footage Vigo cut from the film
Animated tribute to Vigo by filmmaker Michel Gondry
1964 episode of the French television series Cineastes de notre temps on Vigo
Conversation from 1968 between filmmakers Francois Truffaut and Eric Rohmer
Les voyages de "L'Atalante," Bernard Eisenschitz's 2001 documentary
Video interview from 2007 with director Otar Iosseliani on Vigo
New and improved English subtitle translations
PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by film writers Michael Almereyda and more!
