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Show 1' Atalante Ends Series Wednesday at 8 in OSH Auditorium, Audi-torium, Union Movies and the Department De-partment of Languages present the last of the summer foreign film series: Jean Vigo's "L' Atalante." Vigo's use of film as a means of artistic expression is unique. Although Al-though "L' Atalante" and his earlier "Zero d' Conduit" have French dialog, one tends to forget the sound ,track entirely, so great is the power of the visual images. Vigo can be compared only to the Russian, Dovzhenko, in his ability to make poetry of film. "L 'ATALANTE" is considered one of the best French films ever made. The plot is simple; the story of a newly-wedded pair beginning their married life on a Seine barge. Vigo treats his story and characters charac-ters with such tender irony that they become real flesh and blood for the audience. This is not to say that the film is done with the realism real-ism of a Bunuel, for much of its power and enchantment lies in Vigo's use of fantasy. It is the fantasy of the inner world of human hu-man beings; real because it is within with-in all of us. Vigo carries his audience audi-ence through the transitions from "reality" to "fantasy" and back with his camera and his virtuoso editing, not gimmicks. James Ageen said: ". . . it is only the best French movie since the best of Rene Clair. . ." That the film is well-loved is attested to by the frequency with which it is brought back to the New York art house. It is not to be missed. |