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The Complete
Jean Vigo
(1930-1934)

Contents: À propos de Nice (1930), Taris (1931), Zéro de Conduite (1933) and L’Atalante (1934).

The Criterion Collection
2011 Blu-ray Disc edition

The Complete Jean Vigo (1930-1934), black & white, 161 minutes total, not rated, including À propos de Nice (1930), black & white, 23 minutes, not rated, Taris (1931), black & white, 9 minutes, not rated, Zéro de Conduite (1933), black & white, 44 minutes, not rated, and L’Atalante (1934), black & white, 85 minutes, not rated.

The Criterion Collection, CC2045BD (spine number 578), UPC 7-15515-08481-9, ISBN 978-1-60465-457-8.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region A Blu-ray Disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; French language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; 48-page insert booklet; standard DVD keepcase; $39.95.
Release date: 30 August 2011.
Country of origin: USA

This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from archival print materials.

The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by Marc Perrone.

Supplemental material includes audio commentary by author Michael Temple; alternate edits of À propos de Nice; a television episode on Vigo; a 1968 conversation on Vigo by François Truffaut and Eric Rohmer; an animated tribute to Vigo by Michel Gondry; a 2001 documentary on L’Atalante; a 2001 interview on Vigo with Otar Iosseliani; and a 48-page insert booklet with essays by Michael Almereyda, Robert Polito, B. Kite and Luc Sante.

This is our recommended home video edition of the film.

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