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I am a filmmaker, illustrator, graphic designer and copy editor.

Cinematic Paradise: Jean Vigo

Vigo has been called one of the early advocates of poetic realism. And it’s true that his films are a delightful combination of near-documentary prosody with beautiful flights of fancy and dream-like forays into characters’ imaginations. But he shows imagination and poetry as an essential part of reality, not a departure from it.