JeanVigo

À propos de Nice – point de vue documenté [À propos de Nice] (Boris Kaufman + Jean Vigo, 1930)

Jan

1

New Year's Day

À propos de Nice - point de vue documenté (1930)

Exuberant prostitutes, Jean Vigo (5^th from the left), and some who appear to be men in drag, dance on a landing with confetti all around them. In the moving footage they can be seen high-kicking with increased vulgarity, the camera posed below them. DP: Boris Kaufman.

Confetti for New Year's Day.

“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 Vigo in his manifesto Vers un cinéma social

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #NewYear #confetti #BorisKaufman #JeanVigo #ShortFilm #SilentFilm #AvantGarde #documentary #satire #carnival #prostitution #Nice #France #1930s ★★★★☆

Taris, roi de l'eau [Taris, King of the Water] (Jean Vigo, 1931)

Jul

12

freebie: Swim A Lap Day

Jean Taris in his element. DP: Boris Kaufman.

A proto-Jean Painlevé exercise avant la lettre.

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #SwimALapDay #JeanVigo #JeanTaris #BorisKaufman #documentary #biography #sports #AvantGarde #France #1930s ★★★★☆

Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège [Zero for Conduct] (Jean Vigo, 1933)

Jan

24

International Day Of Eduction

Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège (1933)

The students on a rooftop, saluting as if part of an army. DP: Boris Kaufman.

“War is declared! Down with monitors and punishment! Long live rebellion! Liberty or death! Hoist our flag on the school roof! Stand firm with us tomorrow! We'll bombard them with rotten old books, dirty tin cans, smelly boots and all the ammo piled up in the attic! We'll fight those old goats on commemoration day! Onward!”

– Tabard, one of the students

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #InternationalDayOfEduction #JeanVigo #GérardDeBédarieux #MauriceJaubert #BorisKaufman #education #comedy #surrealism #anarchy #France #1930s ★★★★½

JeanVigo

À propos de Nice – point de vue documenté [À propos de Nice] (Boris Kaufman + Jean Vigo, 1930)

Jan

1

New Year's Day

Exuberant prostitutes, Jean Vigo (5th from the left), and some who appear to be men in drag, dance on a landing with confetti all around them. In the moving footage they can be seen high-kicking with increased vulgarity, the camera posed below them. DP: Boris Kaufman.

Confetti for New Year's Day.

– Jean Vigo in his manifesto Vers un cinéma social

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #NewYear #confetti #BorisKaufman #JeanVigo #ShortFilm #SilentFilm #AvantGarde #documentary #satire #carnival #prostitution #Nice #France #1930s ★★★★☆

Taris, roi de l'eau [Taris, King of the Water] (Jean Vigo, 1931)

Jul

12

freebie: Swim A Lap Day

Jean Taris in his element. DP: Boris Kaufman.

A proto-Jean Painlevé exercise avant la lettre.

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #SwimALapDay #JeanVigo #JeanTaris #BorisKaufman #documentary #biography #sports #AvantGarde #France #1930s ★★★★☆

Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège [Zero for Conduct] (Jean Vigo, 1933)

Jan

24

International Day Of Eduction

The students on a rooftop, saluting as if part of an army. DP: Boris Kaufman.

– Tabard, one of the students

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #InternationalDayOfEduction #JeanVigo #GérardDeBédarieux #MauriceJaubert #BorisKaufman #education #comedy #surrealism #anarchy #France #1930s ★★★★½

Exuberant prostitutes, Jean Vigo (5^th from the left), and some who appear to be men in drag, dance on a landing with confetti all around them. In the moving footage they can be seen high-kicking with increased vulgarity, the camera posed below them. DP: Boris Kaufman.