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Show Film review 'Zero': last of the line BY PAUL NG Entertainment Writer Jean Vigo's "Zero for Conduct," the last French film of the Surrealistic Movement of the thirties, will be shown in the Union Little Theatre on the coming Wednesday at 2:30, 7:00 and 9:30 p.m. Jean Vigo was an anarchist by political conviction. During World War I his father was arrested for his anti-war propagandist activities and was later executed as an anarchist in prison. Brought up by his mother, Jean Vigo spent his miserable childhood in a boarding school. Both his nightmarish childhood and socio-political conscience were later reflected in his films when he took up the continued on page 10 Students of Vlgos' film "Zero for Conduct" begin the first of their revolt; destroying pillows in the dormitory. 'Zero' at union movies continued from page 9 career of directing at 27. His first important film, "Propos de Nice," is a satirical documentary of strong social contrast between the rich and the poor. His masterpiece, "Zero for Conduct," is a bitter recollection of his poor childhood as well as a nostalgic homage to his father. 1 Throughout ". Conduct", the sfr boarding school suffer food, strict discipline punishment. Finally fe into a revolt. They be in the dormitory kyV the pillows. Then k of the room tie the his bed, and Mi; garbage from the break up the : commencement as me. principal. In the funic student revolutionists the top of the roof ait song of victory. In the film Vigo :. ridiculed all those it:--authority: teachers, l and the principal. He . the authority to a re-that re-that fine sense of tut he had already displi: satirical documentary,'': Nice." |