Episode Description
L’Atalante (1934; Dir.: Jean Vigo)
Canon Fodder Episode 63
Corky McDonnell and his slovenly first mate Daniel Barnes continue their cinematic world tour with the most magically dreamlike movie ever set in a fetid, filthy, French canal. It’s no stretch to say that the 29-year-old Vigo killed himself to make a film that the soulless bean-counters killed first, but Vigo will live forever through L’Atalante while those jerks are dead and forgotten, so let’s call it even. Elsewhere, Daniel and Corky discuss great curmudgeons, the Chaplin method, and cat tossing.
L’ATALANTE FACTS & FIGURESSight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #34
World premiere: April 25, 1934
IMDB synopsis: “Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L’atalante along with the captain’s first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS4K Restoration Trailer for L’Atalante
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIEWerckmeister Harmonies (2000; Dir.: Bela Tarr)
IMDB synopsis: “A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.”
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