Jean Vigo
Title | Jean Vigo PDF eBook |
Author | Paulo Emílio Salles Gomes |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1971-01-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780520016767 |
Biography of the seminal French filmmaker who influenced New Wave cinema.
Jean Vigo
Title | Jean Vigo PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Temple |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9780719056321 |
Jean Vigo is one of the legendary figures of world cinema, whose films L'Atalante and Zéro de Conduite still inspire young audiences today. Film historian Michael Temple explores Vigo's intense career and asks why it has had such a long-lasting impact on film culture, not just in France, but also for generations of filmmakers, critics, and moviegoers around the world. Accessibly written, this will be essential reading for students, teachers, film enthusiasts, and researchers.
The Complete Jean Vigo
Title | The Complete Jean Vigo PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Vigo |
Publisher | |
Pages | 156 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780856470714 |
Jean Vigo and the Anarchist Eye
Title | Jean Vigo and the Anarchist Eye PDF eBook |
Author | David Weir |
Publisher | On Our Own Authority! |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014-12-18 |
Genre | Anarchism in motion pictures |
ISBN | 9780990641810 |
The son of Miguel Almereyda, an anarchist activist who died in prison, Jean Vigo kept faith with the politics of his father through his art. One of the most influential filmmakers in cinema history, Vigo gave aesthetic expression to anarchist ideology in four films: the city symphony À propos de Nice (1930), the sports documentary Taris ou la natation (1931), the medium-length Zéro de conduite (1933), and the feature-length L'Atalante (1934), currently ranked by the British Film Institute as the twelfth greatest film of all time. Although his career was cut short by tuberculosis at the age of 29, Jean Vigo continues to be one of the most commanding figures in the history of cinema. In this book, David Weir examines Vigo's cinematic career in both the political and the cultural context of the interwar period in European history, taking stock of the ideological upheavals of the 1930s that plunged the continent into the horrors of fascism and war. Weir also explores Vigo's relationship to other filmmakers of the period, such as Luis Buñuel, Jean Renoir, and Marcel Carné--all of whom, like Vigo, range across the leftist spectrum of the interwar years. In the end, Weir argues that, whereas L'Atalante and the other films have been mostly restored to something like their original condition, more work needs to be done to restore the original ideological meaning of those films.
L'Atalante
Title | L'Atalante PDF eBook |
Author | Marina Warner |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 113 |
Release | 2019-07-25 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1838716815 |
L'Atalante is the work of French director Jean Vigo. It is a study of romantic love, told in a style influenced by surrealism, but still Vigo's own. This text is part of the 'BFI Film Classics' series. Each volume in the series presents a personal commentary on the film, together with a brief production history and a detailed filmography, notes and bibliography.
Science is Fiction
Title | Science is Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | Andy Masaki Bellows |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9780262523189 |
Essays examining the work of maverick scientific documentary filmmaker Jean Painleve.
Jean Vigo. [With Illustrations, Including Portraits.].
Title | Jean Vigo. [With Illustrations, Including Portraits.]. PDF eBook |
Author | Paulo Emílio SALLES GOMES |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1957 |
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