Chapter 6 The Segmented Quotidian Made Visible: Jean Vigo's A Propos De Nice
Everyday Life in the Segmented City
ISBN: 978-1-78052-258-6, eISBN: 978-1-78052-259-3
Publication date: 10 November 2011
Abstract
This chapter will use A Propos de Nice, filmed by Jean Vigo and Boris Kaufman in February and March 1930, as a case study to illustrate how city films created segmented views of quotidian urban life in both form and content. In terms of form, short clips are juxtaposed in a rapid montage to form a segmented portrait of the city. In terms of content, the segments in Vigo's film, and the city film genre as a whole, are full of everyday events such as drinking coffee, washing clothes, sunbathing, and playing boules. The portrait of Nice that emerges within the film, then, is one of quotidian segmentation. This chapter will conduct a visual analysis of the film as it progresses, situating it within the history of Nice, cinematic conceptions of the city prior to its production, the city film genre, and the French avant-garde.
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Citation
Trippe, M. (2011), "Chapter 6 The Segmented Quotidian Made Visible: Jean Vigo's A Propos De Nice", Perrone, C., Manella, G. and Tripodi, L. (Ed.) Everyday Life in the Segmented City (Research in Urban Sociology, Vol. 11), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 121-141. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1047-0042(2011)0000011009
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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