À propos de Nice (À propos de Nice) (1930)

1001 Movies ... my own version (1930's) (90 movies items)

" Notes: I was actually quite blown away by the damned thing which turned out to be even better than I expected. I have to admit that I always wondered why Jean Vigo had such a strong reputation since the guy managed to direct only one full-length feature film and a few shorts but, after watching 3 of them (pretty much his whole filmography), I really understand why now. In this case, it is amazing how much emotion he managed to generate in me with what was supposed to be a rather rather harmles"

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" Notes: I was actually quite blown away by the damned thing which turned out to be even better than I expected. I have to admit that I always wondered why Jean Vigo had such a strong reputation since the guy managed to direct only one full-length feature film and a few shorts but, after watching 3 of them (pretty much his whole filmography), I really understand why now. In this case, it is amazing how much emotion he managed to generate in me with what was supposed to be a rather rather harmles"

A very good movie

“Since I kept hearing some pretty good things about this movie, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, I was actually quite blown away by the damned thing which turned out to be even better than I expected. I have to admit that I always wondered why Jean Vigo had such a strong reputation since the guy managed to direct only one full-length feature film and a few shorts but, after watching 3 of them (pretty much his whole filmography), I really understand why now. In this case, it is amazing how much emotion he managed to generate in me with what was supposed to be a rather rather harmless travelogue about a touristic city on the French Rivera, with no story, no main characters and no dialogues. I know that many viewers focused on how it was satirical towards the wealthy people living in t” read more

my 2020 movie diary ♥ (39 movies items)

" Jean Vigo was literally on crack. Born to an anarchist father who was murdered in prison, he was familiar with the concept of thug lyf from a very young age. So the portrait he paints of Nice is a one exposing profligate degeneracy, contrasted with sickening poverty. You see shots of a boy whose entire body has been rotten with leprosy, due to lack of adequate medical care. Then you see shots of grinning, toothless rich women with hairy armpits, dancing with their cooch to the camera, livin"

Film Diary 2020 (78 movies items)

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