Taris, roi de l'eau (1931)
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Uploaded by Tasutpen on Jul 29, 2006
On its face, 'Taris, roi de l'eau' was a short film about French Swimming Champeen Jean Taris . . . not too different in conception from any number of Pathe or Movietone newsreel items . . . but for its brevity if nothing else, Jean Vigo's second creation was possibly his boldest statement. With its repeated employment of purely cinematic devices, its own grace seeming in conflict with the order of that which it documents, the film almost ridicules, rather than celebrates, the physicality of its subject; rendering a perfect before-the-fact antidote to Riefenstahl's fetish opus Olympiad.
I've often wondered . . . and I fear I'll never know the answer to this . . . whether Busby Berkeley, who made a career of using cinema to transcend the purely physical, had this film at least partly in mind when he created the 'By a Waterfall' sequence of 'Footlight Parade'. Probably not. Like Vigo, he just had an innate understanding of the medium's potential.
What more does any filmmaker really need?
Tom Sutpen
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Make sure you watch in high quality (by adding "&fmt=18" to the URL), or you may not even be able to read all of the subtitles!
2 years ago 3
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The slow motion reminds me of Raging Bull. I wonder if this film was an influence on Scorsese.
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Thats is Funny i have this Clip with Germany Undertitel just Online ;-)
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Thank you a lot... The film I never see of Vigo
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I see someone posts ugetsu trailer in youtube.
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nice "Oui-Oui" ya' got there!
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Wow, It's On DVD. I Had No Idea. Thank You So Much!!
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Vigo, semplicemente un visionario
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DamienBoy13 4 years ago
'Ugetsu' is really easy to find on DVD; been available forever. You probably won't see it on YouTube, however, since it's a feature-length film.
Tasutpen 4 years ago