Zero for Conduct and more

Zero for Conduct

1933. France. Directed by Jean Vigo. “I wasn’t much older than the kids in the film, already loved Chaplin and loved the earthiness mixed with movie-magic. Astonished by the dismissal of all censorship, then saw L’Atalante. Years later I’d be thwarted in my effort to name Binghamton’s new cinema department The Jean Vigo School of Film-making.” In French; English subtitles. 41 min.

Cyclopean 3D: Life with a Beautiful Woman

2012. USA. Directed by Ken Jacobs. With technical assistance by Nisi Jacobs, Antoine Catala, Jason Drakeford. “Animations of home stereo-pairs from the Sixties on, cyclopean because the 3-D can be seen with one eye. Flo stars, friends appear in the Kodachrome past, images of Nisi and Aza demarcate time.” 47 min.