Superlative silent era film, both experimental and true to its subject, namely the intense rhythm of summertime Nice. As a truly modernist camera-flneurie, Vigo's project captures the impressionist moment -even if he has to speed it up or slow it down- with rare dialectical acumen as, for example, in the transition from the parade to the grave. The visual acoustics (pebbles/gambling) that influenced Demy resonate.
Review of À Propos de Nice
À Propos de Nice
(1930)
A diverting derivation from Vertov, with a good eye for juxtaposed line
3 October 2020