Jean Vigo

May 31, 2020 00:03:15
Jean Vigo
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Jean Vigo

May 31 2020 | 00:03:15

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Show Notes

French director Jean Vigo, who died when he was only 29, became an inspiration for several generations of innovative filmmakers. Never has a filmmaker been so influential, with such a short career, as the French director Jean Vigo. With only three films to his name, Vigo, who died of tuberculosis in 1934, at the age of 29, became a major influence on young film artists in France and around the world, his themes and style, reflected in the French New Wave of the ‘60s, the American ‘70s renaissance, and beyond. His parents were militant anarchists, his father arrested for protesting…

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