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"Yes, that's the only bit of England they got."6 comments

dcairns wrote 2 months ago: Over at the marvellously wide-ranging and thoroughly smart blog Observations On Film Art and … more »

Tags: film, Literature, Basil Dearden, British Cinema, cavalcanti, David Bordwell, Dead of Night, Ealing, Kristin Thompson

Quote of the Day: Thou Shalt Not4 comments

dcairns wrote 2 months ago: ‘When I shot LES YEUX SANS VISAGE I was told: “No sacrilege because of the Spanish mark … more »

Tags: film, Blood of the Animals, Eyes Without a Face, Georges Franju, Hotel Des Invalides, JUDEX, La Tete Contre Les Murs, Le Grand Melies, le métro

Eyes Without a Face / Les Yeux sans visage (1960)

magnolia12883 wrote 3 months ago: Cast & Credits Pierre Brasseur … Docteur Génessier Alida Valli … … more »

Tags: REVIEWS: E, 3.5 stars, 1962 Reviews, Movie Review, 1962, Eyes Without a Face

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 »

Tags: Formal Capsule Film Comments

Mad Mad Mad Mademoiselle4 comments

dcairns wrote 5 months ago:   ‘MADEMOISELLE was the most beautiful black-and-white film I have ever, ever seen. It was st … more »

Tags: film, Literature, Jean Genet, Jeanne Moreau, Kevin Connor, Mademoiselle, Richard Lester

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 »

Tags: Film Reviews

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 »

Tags: Formal Capsule Film Comments

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 »

Tags: Informal Capsule Film Comments

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 »

Tags: Formal Capsule Film Comments

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 »

Tags: Formal Capsule Film Comments

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 »

Tags: Formal Capsule Film Comments

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 »

Tags: Film Reviews


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