A propos the Puppeteer – Jean Vigo and the Cinema of Automata

This essay focuses on two central elements of the cinema of Jean Vigo that have received little attention to date: Vigo’s use of puppets, manikins, and automata as a central part in his mise-en-scène, and Vigo’s status as a transitional film maker negotiating the threshold from silence to sound. I a...

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Main Author: Michael Wutz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Française des Enseignants et Chercheurs en Cinéma et Audiovisuel 2018-10-01
Series:Mise au Point
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/map/3110