Jean Vigo

Flicks with The Film Snob

Jean Vigo

May 31 2020 | 00:03:15

00:00 / 00:03:15

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…

Other Episodes

Episode 0

September 07, 2021 • 00:03:35

The Mirror

A dying man experiences the tragic dualism of past and present, in Andrei Tarkovsky’s autobiographical masterpiece The Mirror. Perhaps the best way to indicate...

Episode 0

December 19, 2022 • 00:03:34

Aftersun

An 11-year-old girl spends vacation with her divorced dad, in a film about memory and love from Scottish director Charlotte Wells. The painful struggles...

Episode 0

January 21, 2025 • 00:03:33

LaRoy, Texas

A man is mistaken for a contract killer, and the ensuing disaster is ripe for dark comedy. Mayhem can be fun. In a movie,...