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JUDEX (Georges Franju, 1963)
Although just as beautiful, perhaps more so, Georges Franju’s remake of Louis Feuillade’s 1916 Judex is as different from the original as is night from day. It is slower and graver; it is also mor… more »
Dennis Grunes
"Yes, that's the only bit of England they got."
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dcairns wrote 2 months ago: Over at the marvellously wide-ranging and thoroughly smart blog Observations On Film Art and … more »
Quote of the Day: Thou Shalt Not
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dcairns wrote 2 months ago: ‘When I shot LES YEUX SANS VISAGE I was told: “No sacrilege because of the Spanish mark … more »
Eyes Without a Face / Les Yeux sans visage (1960)
magnolia12883 wrote 3 months ago: Cast & Credits Pierre Brasseur … Docteur Génessier Alida Valli … … more »
JUDEX (Georges Franju, 1963)
grunes wrote 3 months ago: Although just as beautiful, perhaps more so, Georges Franju’s remake of Louis Feuillade’s 1916 J … more »
Mad Mad Mad Mademoiselle
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dcairns wrote 5 months ago: ‘MADEMOISELLE was the most beautiful black-and-white film I have ever, ever seen. It was st … more »
HEAD AGAINST THE WALLS (Georges Franju, 1958)
grunes wrote 6 months ago: There is certainly this much agreement: Georges Franju, who along with Henri Langlois founded La Cin … more »
SHADOWMAN (Georges Franju, 1974)
grunes wrote 7 months ago: As he had for Judex (1963), Georges Franju dips again into the Wonderland of Louis Feuillade for his … more »
BLOOD OF THE BEASTS (Georges Franju, 1949)
grunes wrote 7 months ago: See the first paragraph of my essay on Franju’s Eyes Without a Face, which is categorized unde … more »
HOTEL DES INVALIDES (Georges Franju, 1951)
grunes wrote 7 months ago: War’s hype and the legendary status that the state officially confers on warriors versus war’s k … more »
THERESE DESQUEYROUX (Georges Franju, 1962)
grunes wrote 7 months ago: Updating François Mauriac’s 1927 novel, Georges Franju’s Thérèse Desqueyroux shifts its spher … more »
LE GRAND MELIES (Georges Franju, 1953)
grunes wrote 1 year ago: Set to a waltz composed by Méliès, Georges Franju’s film about Georges Méliès is charming, nos … more »
EYES WITHOUT A FACE (Georges Franju, 1959)
grunes wrote 1 year ago: I. POETIC HORROR. Along with Henri Langlois, Georges Franju in 1936 founded the world’s most cele … more »
