This 9-minute black-and-white video from 85 years ago is basically a swimming lesson put on tape. Olympic medalist Jean Taris shows us the perfect way to move your hands, arms and legs in order to achieve the best swimming experience. And we also find out about the different swimming styles back then, that differ slightly from the ones today. The director is Jean Vigo. It is the second of four films he made before his untimely death at age 29, the second short film as well. In my opinion, there is nothing really special about this one here, so I cannot understand the hype by some people who call him the greatest director who ever lived. Then again, I have only seen 2 of his 4 films so far, but these left no lasting expression unfortunately. If you are really interested in the history of swimming, this one deserves a look, but to be honest I found this fairly uninteresting and I'd have preferred to see a competitive race from the 1932 Olympics with Taris for example. Not recommended.
Review of Taris
