confetti &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:confetti @settima@zirk.us Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:37:19 +0200 À propos de Nice - point de vue documenté [À propos de Nice] (Boris Kaufman +... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/a-propos-de-nice-1930 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" À propos de Nice - point de vue documenté [À propos de Nice] (Boris Kaufman + Jean Vigo, 1930)/div div class="month" Jan/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 1/div div class="occasion" New Year's Day/div div class="img" À propos de Nice - point de vue documenté (1930)/div div class="caption" Exuberant prostitutes, Jean Vigo (5supth/sup 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./div div class="txt" 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 /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #NewYear #confetti #BorisKaufman #JeanVigo #ShortFilm #SilentFilm #AvantGarde #documentary #satire #carnival #prostitution #Nice #France #1930s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

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 (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.

“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 ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/a-propos-de-nice-1930 Wed, 01 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0100 I fidanzati [The Fiancés / The Engagement] (Ermanno Olmi, 1963) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/i-fidanzati-1963 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" I fidanzati [The Fiancés / The Engagement] (Ermanno Olmi, 1963)/div div class="month" Feb/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 21/div div class="occasion" Brazilian Carnival/div div class="img" I fidanzati (1963)/div div class="caption" Revellers at the Sicilian carnival parade with confetti all around them. Centred Giovanni (Carlo Cabrini), eyes shut. DP: Lamberto Caimi./div div class="txt" A carnival-like parade. "Do you still go dancing at night? I've stopped going. There are no dance halls here. But that's not the only reason. I was used to dancing with you. I'm not comfortable with other girls." ### – Giovanni in a letter to Liliana\ /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #BrazilianCarnival #ErmannoOlmi #AnnaCanzi #CarloCabrini #GianniFerrio #LambertoCaimi #romance #drama #satire #confetti #carnival #Sicily #Italy #1960s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

I fidanzati [The Fiancés / The Engagement] (Ermanno Olmi, 1963)

Feb

21

Brazilian Carnival

I fidanzati (1963)

Revellers at the Sicilian carnival parade with confetti all around them. Centred Giovanni (Carlo Cabrini), eyes shut. DP: Lamberto Caimi.

A carnival-like parade.

“Do you still go dancing at night? I've stopped going. There are no dance halls here. But that's not the only reason. I was used to dancing with you. I'm not comfortable with other girls.”

– Giovanni in a letter to Liliana

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #BrazilianCarnival #ErmannoOlmi #AnnaCanzi #CarloCabrini #GianniFerrio #LambertoCaimi #romance #drama #satire #confetti #carnival #Sicily #Italy #1960s ★★★★½

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