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THE REVIEW
Virtually perfect, this innovative documentary work on the swimmer Jean Taris, restored in 2017 and the first sound experience by Jean Vigo, was commissioned by the recently formed Major GFFA (Gaumont, Franco-Film, and Aubert).
Not much considered by Vigo's scholars, this is a decidedly avant-garde didactic film for its time, in terms of style and filming techniques, practically a ten-minute artistic tutorial, ironic and fun, at times even risqué, on the various swimming forms interpreted by the French champion, where the accuracy and boldness of the images, especially those underwater, foreshadow the glorious Atalante soon to come.
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This review praises Jean Vigo’s 1930 documentary 'Taris o del nuoto' as an innovative and artistically bold film. It highlights the film’s avant-garde style, especially its underwater shots and ironic tone. The documentary is recognized as a pioneering work in early sound cinema, restored in 2017. It also anticipates the visual mastery Vigo would later showcase in 'L'Atalante.'
Jean Vigo
French filmmaker whose brief career reshaped cinematic language. From the anarchic Zéro de conduite to the lyrical L’Atalante and the inventive Taris, Vigo fused realism with poetry and formal audacity before dying of tuberculosis at 29.03 Reviews
