Every few days, I learn about some other great film Scorsese was involved with restoring, or that he recommended, or that he had some relationship with. It is not hyperbole to say no person is more important to the subject of cinema than this great director.
I watched this in film school off a video tape in the U. C. Berkeley media lab. I was entranced and love the film to this day. Regardless of the low resolution I watched then.
Jean Vigo reminds me strangely enough of Singer Bobby Darin who had a condition and was told he wouldnt live long. Clearly Vigo knew he wasnt long for this world and pushed himself to direct and finish this movie . It must be a special kind of pain to be a film director directing a movie while you are dying.
This truly is, the greatest motion picture, of all time. Jean Vigo dying at 29, is the greatest tragedy, in cinema history. This movie is 90 years old, and it hasn't aged a day.
Hey Bake Sale! How about Martin Scorsese on his movie THE COLOR OF MONEY! Sequel to THE HUSTLER with jackie gleason. Martin reads the opening credits scene. Its his voice!
The Hustler (1961) is an absolute masterpiece. Perfect character study by way of a sports drama about Pool halls. It's probably my favorite Paul Newman film. Gleason, George C. Scott, and Piper Laurie were all fantastic too. Robert Rossen is an underrated Director. I don't envy Scorsese when he did a sequel to it, even with Paul Newman as the lead again, it's a tough act to follow. I do like The Color Of Money still though. Some people have said they should make a third with Tom Cruise as the older guy now, with a younger guy as the protégé but I'm not so sure if it would work anymore.
@@azohundred1353 agreed. But the opening to the color of money which is narrarted by Scorsese is amazing. Listening to him describe the game of pool while that cigarette is burning in the ashtray is perfect!
@@New_Jax_City Definitely, Scorsese brought his own unique aesthetic flair to The Color Of Money. The slickness of his films like Raging Bull/Goodfellas and placed them into a pool hall environment. It's great!
Fantastic movie, and fantastic director, Jean Vigo. "Zero For Conduct" is a great intro to his work, it's only about 40 minutes long, really great. You can really see its influence on the French New Wave, and even Richard Lester's work in "A Hard Day's Night". He only made three or four films, as Scorsese says, and one of them is a documentary. Tragic loss for cinema, as I'm sure you can see just from this clip.
Every few days, I learn about some other great film Scorsese was involved with restoring, or that he recommended, or that he had some relationship with. It is not hyperbole to say no person is more important to the subject of cinema than this great director.
I watched this in film school off a video tape in the U. C. Berkeley media lab. I was entranced and love the film to this day. Regardless of the low resolution I watched then.
Jean Vigo reminds me strangely enough of Singer Bobby Darin who had a condition and was told he wouldnt live long.
Clearly Vigo knew he wasnt long for this world and pushed himself to direct and finish this movie .
It must be a special kind of pain to be a film director directing a movie while you are dying.
This truly is, the greatest motion picture, of all time.
Jean Vigo dying at 29, is the greatest tragedy, in cinema history.
This movie is 90 years old, and it hasn't aged a day.
Well said, Marty. This is one of the great films, alright because it creates something unique unlike any other film.
In what way?
@@jesustheres The images, the spontaneity of performance, the atmosphere.
Vigo is criminally unknown. One of the best to ever do it.
Huh? He is very well known. Both of his feature films are classics.
@@MrRazorblade999 Wow, great point, man. Really enriched the discussion. Thanks for the response.
@@Flike245 Yes, unlike your comments, it really did.
@@MrRazorblade999 "um, how about no" -me, an intellectual
@Flike245 No, I'm not, but I know Jean Vigo isn't "criminally unknown"
Hey Bake Sale! How about Martin Scorsese on his movie THE COLOR OF MONEY! Sequel to THE HUSTLER with jackie gleason. Martin reads the opening credits scene. Its his voice!
The Hustler (1961) is an absolute masterpiece. Perfect character study by way of a sports drama about Pool halls. It's probably my favorite Paul Newman film. Gleason, George C. Scott, and Piper Laurie were all fantastic too. Robert Rossen is an underrated Director.
I don't envy Scorsese when he did a sequel to it, even with Paul Newman as the lead again, it's a tough act to follow. I do like The Color Of Money still though. Some people have said they should make a third with Tom Cruise as the older guy now, with a younger guy as the protégé but I'm not so sure if it would work anymore.
@@azohundred1353 agreed. But the opening to the color of money which is narrarted by Scorsese is amazing. Listening to him describe the game of pool while that cigarette is burning in the ashtray is perfect!
@@New_Jax_City Definitely, Scorsese brought his own unique aesthetic flair to The Color Of Money. The slickness of his films like Raging Bull/Goodfellas and placed them into a pool hall environment. It's great!
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Martin Scorsese on Harry Potter?
Fantastic movie, and fantastic director, Jean Vigo. "Zero For Conduct" is a great intro to his work, it's only about 40 minutes long, really great. You can really see its influence on the French New Wave, and even Richard Lester's work in "A Hard Day's Night". He only made three or four films, as Scorsese says, and one of them is a documentary. Tragic loss for cinema, as I'm sure you can see just from this clip.