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Conduct Zero
Starring: Seung-beom Ryu , Hyo-jin Kong , Eun-kyeong Lim , Ji-hye Shin , and Paul Locklear
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Joon-pil is a prick. A big one. He drinks, he smokes, and he cusses like a bastard. When he's not skipping class, he's slapping around puny little punks and taking their lunch money. Unfortunately, the duties of being the biggest, baddest mofo in school are very time-consuming, leaving no time for study. Joon-pil is also a dumbass. A big one. So when the innocent, yet delightfully feisty, Min-he throws him a hormonal curveball, Joon-pil is ill-prepared to face life's nastiest little SAT/ACT/TASK test question of all - For love or lunch money? His life, his friends, his reputation: even his lauded position as Master Ruler Awesome of the school are all suddenly at stake. Joon-pil must make a decision - and he must find something in this world that he can actually pass!

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Conduct Zero
Starring: Nam , and Pan
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Release Date: 1998-06-17

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"Do you want a zero in conduct?"
A film that broke the walls of the possible!
Beautiful, surreal view of the life of young children
Strange and wonderful
Vigo = Genius

Zero for Conduct
Starring: Jean Dasté , Robert le Flon , Du Verron , Delphin , and Léon Larive
Director: Jean Vigo
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It's hard to believe that this fantastical tale of a schoolboy rebellion was banned in its native France for 12 years following its initial 1933 release (for supposed anti-French sentiment). Perhaps the French authorities were remembering director Jean Vigo's father, a famous French anarchist who died in prison, or just concerned that Vigo was revealing too much of his own unhappy youth spent in boarding schools. They needn't have worried. Zero in Conduct is much more a childhood fantasy than a social critique, focusing on three particularly naughty boys who are constantly being threatened with a "zero in conduct" for their bad behavior. The rebellion in question is no armed revolt but a raucous pillow fight and a few stones thrown from a roof, all to the chant "Down with teachers, down with school." Filmed in magical black and white by Boris Kaufman--winner of the Academy Award for cinematography in 1954 for On the Waterfront (and brother of filmmakers Mikhail Kaufman and Dziga Vertov)--Zero in Conduct is a film for film lovers. Jean Vigo died in 1935, when he was 29 years old, leaving behind only three films. But his influence, strongly evident here in the surrealism and fascinating early special effects (including a drawing that springs to life on the page), long outlives him. Each year a filmmaker with "independence of spirit and quality of directing" is honored with the French award in his name. --Laska Jimsen

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"Do you want a zero in conduct?".......2006-04-23

French director Jean Vigo made only two feature length films (and two short films) before dying at the age 29. "L'Atalante" is an much acclaimed film--but "Zero de Conduite" has fallen into obscurity. Upon its release, "Zero de Conduite"--a short tale of schoolboy rebellion--was banned in France. Perhaps it was judged too subversive--Vigo's father Eugene Bonaventure de Vigo (AKA Miguel Almareyda) was a prominent anarchist who was murdered in jail.

The film begins with the return of various schoolboys to a strict boarding school. The school environment serves as a microcosm of French society--with those in charge, corrupt and dictatorial. The boys live on a diet on beans, and teachers search for sweets, which are then confiscated. The teachers threaten the boys with the dreaded "zero in conduct" if they misbehave, and of course, that principle only works if one cares about such things. It's not long before three troublemakers--instigators Bruel, Caussat, and Colin--are identified. The film depicts a number of ridiculous rigid rules, and the boys' reaction to them. While one teacher is tolerant--the Chaplinesque Huguet--other teachers are notoriously strict. One of the teachers even seems to have a questionable taste for one of the boys. After a particularly trivial infraction, the boys lead a revolt against authority on alumni day. In one unforgettable scene, a pillow fight rains feathers down on the rebellious boys as they somersault in a crowded dormitory.

Unfortunately, this is a terrible print. One scene takes place in a railway station at night, and it's very difficult to make out some of the action. The sound is crackly, and white splotches appear on the print. In spite of all this, however, the film evokes the magical, irrepressible spirit of childhood, and it certainly revived the ecstasy of my rebellious schooldays. In French with English subtitles--displacedhuman

A film that broke the walls of the possible! .......2005-10-19

Based on Vigo 's personal childhood experiences, this admirable, beloved and poetic work constitutes a superb and precise outlaw portrait of a boarding school. Vigo creates a claustrophobic world filled of tension in which the petty tyrannies of the school regime stand in sharp relief against the natural fantasy and tender delirium of the children. There is a lot of psychological insights, this landmark was banned in France until 1946.

If you really want to start a anthological collection, you must not ignore this milestone picture that in certain way would anticipate the French New Wave and influenced a countless films.

Jean Vigo was a monumental talent who missed too soon. His filmic heritage were just only two films, but his grandness is acknowledged all over the world and specially by the French Cinema that reserved every year a Festival in his memory.

A genius who shines with own light in the Universe of the supreme Gods of the Cinema

Beautiful, surreal view of the life of young children.......1999-10-29

Jean Vigo excels in presenting life as a sort of surreal dream, with bits of humanity scattered throughout. In 'Zero In Conduct', it seems he finally gets to live out a fantasy of childhood rebellion, probably one in which many have shared. There are many beautiful and innovative shots, including the gorgeous slow-motion march through the falling feathers. It occurred to me that Francois Truffaut may have seen this film before he made 'The 400 Blows'. Highly recommended for fans of 'L'Atalante', however the 'International Film Series' version sold here at Amazon is a very low-quality print, so be careful.

Strange and wonderful.......1999-04-18

Imagine a film directed by a small child who was also a cinematic genius, or by a Martian who had never seen a movie except "L'Age D'Or" and the complete works of Charlie Chaplin ...

"Zero de Conduite" is the most authentic picture of the world of childhood ever committed to celluloid: luminous, surreal, shocking, lyrical, sensual, rebellious, innocent, cruel, and very funny. It's really impossible to describe - but see it, and you'll dream it for the rest of your life.

If you love it, rush out in search of "L'Atalante", the only other feature Vigo made before his early death.

Vigo = Genius.......1999-04-06

This is the best film about the beauty of revolt. The pillow fight scene is the best, and I might add that this film made my school years .... much more understandable, as well as bareable. I presume viewers will feel the same.

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