IMDb plot summary: What starts off as a conventional travelogue turns into a satirical portrait of the town of Nice on the French Cote d'Azur, especially its wealthy inhabitants.
Directed by Boris Kaufman and Jean Vigo.
A Propos de Nice is a short documentary featuring life among various groups of people in the town of Nice. This is so not my kind of movie, and I almost didn't watch it for my 1930 project because it was a short and I rarely count those, but it was on so many lists I had to get around to it after all. I'm sure there is a throughline to this in terms of what the filmmaker chose to show and when and in which order, but I just couldn't care less and it all appeared arbitrary to me. Somebody else who is a big fan of this should sit down with me and explain what works about it, and maybe I'll be able to see a different take. But in the meantime, this is less of a review and more of just saying "this wasn't for me," and now I don't have to watch it again.
How it entered my Flickchart:
À propos de Nice (1930)
lost to Gothika (#1988 → #1990)
lost to Miss Congeniality (#2979 → #2980)
beat Dumb and Dumber (#3477 → #3483)
beat Danger: Diabolik (#3226 → #3230)
beat The Thomas Crown Affair (#3102 → #3105)
lost to Captain America: The Winter Soldier (#3040 → #3041)
lost to The Little Drummer Boy (#3071 → #3072)
beat Spirits of the Dead (#3086 → #3191)
lost to The Little Princess (#3078 → #3064)
lost to You Only Live Once (#3082 → #3083)
lost to What Women Want (held at #3084)
lost to Love in the Afternoon (#3085 → #3081)
Ranked #3190/3980 on my Flickchart. Flickscore: 20.
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