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Zero for Conduct | Zéro de Conduite (1933) dir. Jean Vigo

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To Have and Have Not (1944, dir. Howard Hawks): Spent a lot of this movie wishing I was watching Casablanca instead. That feeling did vanish whenever Lauren Bacall was on screen.

Gaslight (1944, dir. George Cukor): Perfect film. I could make a gaslighting joke here but honestly, I am too in awe of Ingrid Bergman's performance to think of one.

Henry V (1944, dir. Laurence Olivier): Extremely not my cup of tea. I am not a Shakespeare girl; in fact, I'm not really a fan of theater in general. I appreciate how Olivier experiments with the medium but I was bored out of my mind.

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942, dir. Michael Curtiz): If I were ever to be in the mood for excessive US patriotism, it's certainly not now. James Cagney is a magnetic performer but his talk-singing got tiring after a while and the movie as a whole is at best so-so.

High Sierra (1941, dir. Raoul Walsh): A really solid, compelling noir with some admittedly hokey and out of place elements. I don't think that dog needed a starring role, that's all I'm saying.

Zero for Conduct (1933, dir. Jean Vigo): A short, exuberant ode to rebellion and childhood spirit. As it's been quite influential on some very talented directors I've seen this story done better but it was great fun nevertheless.

Deliverance (1972, dir. John Boorman): I knew exactly one thing about this film going in and I did not have high hopes but you know what? I ended up kinda loving it. The way it portrays violence in such a drawn-out, visceral way without ever feeling gratuitous - and not just the act itself, but the terror before it happens and the lingering pain after. Also, for a film about such an ugly subject matter it sure looks gorgeous about 80% of the time.

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Cinematographer Boris Kaufman shot À propos de Nice (1929), Zero for Conduct (1933), L'Atalante (1934), On the Waterfront (1954), Baby Doll (1956), 12 Angry Men (1957), Splendor in the Grass (1961), The Pawnbroker (1964), Film (1965), and other movies.

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Zéro de conduite / Zero for Conduct Jean Vigo. 1933

Young Woman 12 Pl. de l'Église, 92210 Saint-Cloud, France See in map

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Jean Vigo’s “Zéro de conduite” (Zero for Conduct) April 7, 1933.

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I’m writing about Zéro de conduite for my exam, which has finally motivated me to paint a proper portrait of one of my favourite characters in cinema history 🖤

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SUBLIME CINEMA #542 - ZERO DE CONDUITE

French master Jean Vigo inspired so many filmmakers of the New Wave - notably Truffaut, whose 400 Blows drew directly from this film. Vigo died so young, of TB, before he could have contributed more, but two of his films in particular have had a long lasting impact - the great silent romance L’Atalante, and this anarchic boys school short Zero For Conduct.