À propos de Nice
About À propos de Nice
The short opens like a travel film of Nice, then stays on the promenade, the casino, the sunbathers, and a carnival. Jean Vigo and Boris Kaufman cut the rich visitors against the people who work the resort.
Cast & crew
More about À propos de Nice
Vigo's first film. He and Kaufman wrote it. Kaufman photographed. Vigo edited. It opened on May 28, 1930. Vigo told the Groupement des Spectateurs d'Avant-Garde that a way of life was on trial, a society lost in escapism. The later films are Taris, roi de l'eau (1931), Zéro de conduite (1933), and L'Atalante (1934).
Themes
Look
Boris Kaufman shoots the promenade, the tables, and the carnival, then Vigo cuts them against each other.
Preservation
Prints survive.
Notes
- There is no spoken commentary. The argument is in the cuts.
- Kaufman is co-director on the record, not only the cameraman.
- A copy is on the Internet Archive as AProposDeNice.
- Vigo died in 1934, the year of L'Atalante.
Scenes
- The resort views give way to the carnival and the workers.
Also available
- Internet Archive (AProposDeNice)
Quotes
In this film, by showing certain basic aspects of a city, a way of life is put on trial.
