Jean Vigo | A Curzon Collection – 4K UHD [Region Free]

Jean Vigo | A Curzon Collection – 4K UHD [Region Free]

The complete works of French auteur Jean Vigo are now available on 4K UHD for the first time, on the 120th anniversary of his birth. This collection features Vigo’s entire filmography – L’Atalante, Zéro de conduite, Taris, and À Propos de Nice – presented from a 4K restoration completed by Gaumont, La Cinematheque Francaise, and Martin Scorsese’s The Film Foundation. This set also includes hours of special features, with alternate versions of the films, documentaries, short films, behind-the-scenes featurettes, and interviews.

Vigo, the son of a notorious anarchist, spent most of his early life either on the run or in bad health. Despite these challenges, Vigo created spellbinding cinematic works of poetic realism, culminating in his only feature-length film, L’Atalante. Tragically, just weeks after the release of L’Atalante in 1934, Vigo died of tuberculosis, aged 29. His legacy has been firmly cemented in film history however; not just by the archivists and technicians who have preserved and restored his films, but also by the filmmakers who count Vigo as an inspiration: from the directors of the French New Wave and on to modern masters like Michel Gondry and Luca Guadagnino. Experience the magic for yourself today.

“Few artists in the history of cinema have won reputations so high by achievements so modest. If, that is, works of genius can be described as modest.” – Lindsay Anderson

“The first time I saw L’Atalante, after one hour, I knelt in front of the screen and I remained in that position till the end.” – Bernardo Bertolucci

Limited Edition 4K set includes:

– This four disc set includes one 4K UHD with the films, one Blu-ray with the films, and two Blu-rays with the special features

– Presented in a rigid slipcase containing a digipak, booklet and collectible posters

– New cover artwork by Tony Stella

Special Features:

– Young Devils in School: Zéro de Conduite – Rushes, Sound, and Images

– Winter Shooting: L’Atalante, Rushes and Outtakes

– Zéro de conduite – second version

– À propos de Nice – first version (featuring footage cut by Vigo)

– Musical scores for À propos de Nice by Marc Perrone (2001) and Stephen Horne & Frank Bockius (2017)

– Lines of the Hand (2015), a short film by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson – an adaptation of an unrealized script by Jean Vigo (Les lignes de la main)

– Filmmakers of Our Times: Jean Vigo – a feature-length documentary from 1964 by Jacques Rozier

– Luce, About Jean Vigo (2016) – documentary featuring Luce Vigo, Jean Vigo’s daughter

– The Voyages of L’Atalante – a look at the various versions of the film released over the years

– From L’Atalante to L’Atalante – short film made as an intro to the 1990 restored version

– An introduction to L’Atalante by Martin Scorsese

– François Truffaut and Eric Rohmer discuss L’Atalante (1968)

– Four restoration featurettes

– Sounds Regained – a revealing insight into the audio restoration of the films

– Jean Taris: Gaumont newsreels

– Interviews with Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Jean-Paul Civeyrac, Jacques Rozier, and Otar Iosseliani

– Theatrical re-release trailer