Jean Vigo: A Curzon Collection (4K Ultra HD)

Jean Vigo: A Curzon Collection4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray (Limited Edition)Genre: World CinemaLabel: Curzon FilmDescription: 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 A 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.