Taris, roi de l'eau
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Jean Taris, Swimming Champion ( or La natation par Jean Taris, champion de France or Taris, champion de natation) is a 1931 French short documentary film directed by Jean Vigo
, about the French swimmer Jean Taris
. The film is notable for the many innovative techniques that Vigo uses, including close ups and freeze frames of the swimmer's body.
Jean Vigo
Jean Vigo was a French film director, who helped establish poetic realism in film in the 1930s and was a posthumous influence on the French New Wave of the late 1950s and early 1960s.-Biography:...
, about the French swimmer Jean Taris
Jean Taris
Jean C. E. Taris was a French swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics, 1932 Summer Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics.-Career:Taris was born in Versailles....
. The film is notable for the many innovative techniques that Vigo uses, including close ups and freeze frames of the swimmer's body.