The Complete Jean Vigo - 4-Disc Boxset ( À propos de Nice / Taris, roi de l'eau / Z ro de conduite / Le Chaland qui passe ) ( Nizza / Jean Taris, Swimming Champi [ Blu-Ray, Reg.A/B/C Import - France ]

France released, Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C : it WILL NOT play on regular DVD player. You need Blu-Ray DVD player to view this Blu-Ray DVD: LANGUAGES: French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), French ( DTS-HD Master Audio ), English ( Subtitles ), French ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Booklet, Box Set, Collectors Edition, Interactive Menu, Multi-DVD Set, Remastered, Scene Access, Short Film, SYNOPSIS: Nizza/À propos de Nice 1930
What starts off as a conventional travelogue turns into a satirical portrait of the town of Nice on the French Cote d'Azur, especially its wealthy inhabitants.

Jean Taris, Swimming Champion/Taris, roi de l'eau 1931
The second of Vigo's four films is about 10 minutes long. The subject, allegedly, is a French national swimming champion, Jean Taris. First we see him swimming normally. Then we see a hint that this isn't a documentary short: Taris dives into the water, Vigo runs the film backwards, and Taris is spit back out. This happens 3 times. Thus the crux of the film: inventive (for the time) technique, while overuse of it occurs. Fun stuff, though: interesting shots of Taris doing the backstroke. Finally, we see him goofing around underwater; by this point, the movie achieves a genuine state of grace.

Zero for Conduct/Z ro de conduite 1933
After the holidays, Caussat and Bruel are going back to the boarding school, where their life is sad, dull, as all prisoner's ones. But there is plot setting up for a revolt...

L' Atalante/ Le Chaland qui passe 1934
When Juliette marries Jean, she comes to live on his ship, on board of which are, besides the two of them, only a cabin boy and the strange old second mate Pere Jules. Soon bored by life on the river, she slips off to see the nigh...The Complete Jean Vigo - 4-Disc Boxset ( À propos de Nice / Taris, roi de l'eau / Z ro de conduite / Le Chaland qui passe ) ( Nizza / Jean Taris, Swimming Champi