L’Atalante
1934, NR, 89 min.
Directed by Jean Vigo, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Michel Simon.

This 1934 French classic is a work of enduring poetry that has launched a thousand other movies. Nearly ten minutes of footage have been restored, new prints and soundtracks have been struck and the movie now resembles the closest thing to Vigo’s original cut (he died shortly after making the film) as we are ever likely to witness. See related story in 7/26/91 issue.

This article appears in July 26 • 1991 (Cover).

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.