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Joshua Reviews The Criterion Collection's Complete Jean Vigo [Blu-ray Review]

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Spielberg. Kubrick. Kurosawa. Hitchcock.  These are a few of the cavalcade of names that one would find to be synonymous with greatness in the world of film. However, if there is one thing that Criterion is best at in this world, it’s introducing a name, to the public, that should very well be tossed alongside those all-time greats.

That’s the case with their relatively new box set, The Complete Jean Vigo .  Looking at this director’s entire filmography, Criterion has released the new set, putting together the four films from the unsung hero of cinema, together for the first time on DVD and Blu-ray. Ranging from experimental neo-documentary shorts to what many believe to be one of the greatest feature films ever put to celluloid, this box set may be low in quantity, but it spans one of the greatest careers in film history.

Not first chronologically, but the first film many will jump to to start the box is the set’s shortest film, 1931’s Taris.  A revelatory documentary short looking at the beloved swimmer Jean Taris, the film features nothing but swimming, and some of the most influential direction around.

Source: CriterionCast.com (blog)