 In 1958, Vian worked on the opera "Fiesta" with Darius Milhaud, and a collection of his essays, "En avant la zizique...Et par ici les gros sous" (On with the Muzak... And Bring in the Big Bucks), was published the same year.On the morning of 23 June 1959, Vian was at the Cinéma Marbeuf for the screening of the film version of "I will Spit on Your Graves".