inspired by my attempt to watch zero for conduct on google video, only to realize ten minutes in that there weren't any subtitles! why on earth is there no criterion of this?
i have fond memories of watching an extremely cruddy vhs library copy of l'atalante a couple of times as a teenager, though i gather now that the version i saw was missing about 30 minutes or so.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Sunday, 8 February 2009 01:46 (4 years ago) Permalink
classic! i ought to see the other two (short, right?) shorts, having only seen l'atalante and zero de conduite. i remember how blown away i was by l'atalante; i'd always expected this kinda morose griffith-esque thing, but it's as funny and vivacious as something like to have and have not, with the ensemble of grizzly old hapless sailor, pale heroine etc, with the pathos of something like murnau's tabu. CLASSIC.
― schlump, Sunday, 8 February 2009 05:11 (4 years ago) Permalink
There's this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jean-Vigo-Collection-disc-Collectors/dp/B00009Z52C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1234070091&sr=8-1
― Otto von Biz Markie (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 8 February 2009 05:15 (4 years ago) Permalink
One of the best DVDs Artificial Eye/BFI have ever put out, as in totally necessary and vital (unlike putting out 'Salo', ffs)
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 8 February 2009 10:24 (4 years ago) Permalink
i saw zero de conduite at the BAM in brooklyn about three years ago - HILARE!! did EVERYONE in france basically want to be charlie chaplin back then or what??
in bordeaux there's a small cinema named after this dude - http://www.jeanvigo.com/
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 8 February 2009 11:18 (4 years ago) Permalink
See, I love my Vigo DVDs and my Salo DVD too.
― Otto von Biz Markie (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 8 February 2009 12:00 (4 years ago) Permalink
I like 'Salo' ok but it was already on DVD while 'Medea' and 'Oedipus Rex' are neglected.
Probably not the place to bring this up.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 8 February 2009 12:51 (4 years ago) Permalink
the first bfi dvd of salo was a really shitty print w/ lousy sound, dunno if the newer one is remastered
totally agree abt the greatness of that vigo set - all killer no filler!
― Ward Fowler, Sunday, 8 February 2009 12:54 (4 years ago) Permalink
there is a complete Vigo Criterion now, obv: 2 discs. I am making my way through it.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 25 March 2012 02:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
best pillow fight ever
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 25 March 2012 02:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
Just got this.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 21:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
forgot how much If... owes to Zero
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 21:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
I saw ZDC first (about fifteen years ago on a horrid VHS transfer)
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 21:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
haven't seen a one. missed john cameron mitchell intro'ing ZDC at cinefamily last week on acct of illness, alas
― y'tulip, y'pea-brained earwig (donna rouge), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 21:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
mark sinker's book about 'if...' (which is excellent) talks a bit about the ZFC connection.
bought this when it first came out but haven't had a chance to watch any of them yet.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 21:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
L'Atalanate transfer is terrific although the commentary is heavier on biography than I'd have liked. Nice to know though that apparently everyone loved Vigo.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 21:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm really pissed that I didn't watch L'Atalante last week while it was free on Hulu.
― Whiney Houson (WmC), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 21:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
The CC is the first one I've paid for in eons -- if you're at all interested in him you should buy it at the next sale.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 21:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
haven't gotten to L'Atalante on the disc yet... who was he bisexual with? if he was tubercular for his last 5 years that hadda cramp the cruising.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 21:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
Michel Simon looks like the best kind of bear.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 21:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
love that guy, but not 'that way'
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 21:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
Re-watched L'Atalante for the first time in years on Hulu (WmC - should be free until April 1?) and it is just ridiculously good. So much love for Simon and Dita Parlo.
― bentelec, Thursday, 29 March 2012 06:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
got the Vigo blu for Christmas and it's fantastic. I had only ever seen L'Atlante before and it was a horrific VHS copy about 13 years ago so this was a real breath of fresh air. Haven't watched the commentary yet but I know so little about his biography that I wouldn't mind.
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Thursday, 29 March 2012 07:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
Jean Daste much sexier than I remembered in L'Atalante ... and that sequence of he and Dita Parlo touching themselves alone in bed....
I like the peddler's line about the dryness of the biscuits too.
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 28 March 2013 12:29 (1 month ago) Permalink