Blogs about: Jean Vigo
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Zéro de conduite [1933]
08Feb12 – 8 – Zéro de conduite (Jean Vigo: 1933) ZÉRO DE CONDUITE (1933). It’s odd to see a movie for the first time all the way through that until now I’d only seen in clips or in other f… more →
The Movie Overdose
Collards with artichoke hearts, olives and capers
wrote 2 days ago: Collards with artichoke hearts, olives and capersIsaac carried his new superhero to school today. He … more →
L'Atalante, a brilliant classic re-released
wrote 5 days ago: No matter how many years will pass, some films forever stay in the hearts of film lovers. L’Atalante … more →
Baked chocolate-coated cake donuts
wrote 6 days ago: Chocolate covered cake donutsThis morning was dark and gloomy, and when the rain finally came it fel … more →
Classic Hollywood Birthdays
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Anita Loos, screenwriter, playwright, author (1889-1981) TCM will be showing several films featuring … more →
Alfred Jarry
wrote 1 month ago: Most people know Alfred Jarry, if they know him at all, as the author of Ubu Roi. But he also wrote … more →
Zero For Conduct (1933)
wrote 1 month ago: Zero du Conduct is the longest of Jean Vigo’s three short films, an amalgamation of his filmat … more →
L'ATALANTE (France, 1934)
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wrote 1 month ago: L’Atalante dir. Jean Vigo Juliette marries Jean and goes to live aboard a barge called the Ata … more →
Brady Corbet & Director Antonio Campos talk sex scenes in "Simon Killer", Pt.2
wrote 1 month ago: As Brady Corbet & his director Antonio Campos talk about the many and varied sex scenes in this … more →
2/11: Jennifer, Sheryl, Brandy, Kelly, Edison, Burt, M. Quant, Sarah, Tina, Q'orianka, Isaiah: It's their bday, too!
wrote 3 months ago: Nr-nr-nr-nr-nr-nr: You say it’s your birthday! It’s my birthday, too. I have a strange a … more →
L'ATALANTE (1934), dir. Jean Vigo
wrote 3 months ago: 5/5. Jean Vigo’s only full-length feature, and one of the all-time greats. In less than 90 minutes, … more →
On Re-watching/Re-listening to L’Atalante
wrote 4 months ago: Of the various films I watched over the last two weeks a number seemed to be significantly concerned … more →
L'Atalante (1934)
wrote 4 months ago: L’Atalante Directed by Jean Vigo, France, 1934 An art history buff once told me that the most … more →
2012: The year in review
wrote 4 months ago: Southwest [Sudoeste]: Eduardo Nunes (Brazil, 2012)Thursday Till Sunday [De jueves a domingo]: Chile, … more →
Favorite Things: The Brothers Kaufman
wrote 5 months ago: One of the most striking elements of L’Atalante is it’s haunting cinematography. Dita Pa … more →
Favorite Things: Pure Cinema Poetry
wrote 5 months ago: Jean Vigo made four films in his lifetime. A Propos de Nice is a place film – recreating, poki … more →
The Year In Reissues
wrote 5 months ago: We kicked off our look back at 2012 yesterday with an in-depth exploration of Michael Cimino’s … more →
Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (1933)
wrote 5 months ago: I’m fairly “new” to Lang, having only seen this particular film for the first time … more →
A Silent French Cinema Primer
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wrote 8 months ago: Following my French cinema primers covering the Nouvelle Vague and the pre-Nouvelle Vague sound era, … more →
THE CINEMATIC POETRY OF JEAN VIGO
wrote 8 months ago: Man with a movie camera – Jean Vigo (1905-34) Jean Vigo died of tuberculosis at the age of 29, … more →
