Films for Lisette Model
À propos de NiceJean Vigo. FR 1930, 35mm, b/w, ca. 31 min (20 fps)
In the Street
James Agee, Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb. US 1948, 16mm, b/w, 16 min
Jazz Dance
Roger Tilton, Richard Leacock. US 1954, 16mm, b/w, 20 min
Jean Vigo's À propos de Nice is a sarcastic settling of accounts with the worldly luxury life on the Riviera to which Model dedicated an ironic photo series. In the Street is an unsurpassed document of raw life in New York analogous to Model's portraits of poverty on the Lower East Side. And Jazz Dance thrillingly captures the mood at a concert in Manhattan – corresponding to Model's wonderful jazz photos of the era. (C.H.)
Introduced by Elisabeth Streit