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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 more da… more →
Dennis Grunes
Short Films #3
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Just Another Film Buff wrote 4 months ago: Le Sang Des Bêtes (1949) (aka Blood Of The Beasts) Georges Franju France 20 Min. Georges Fran … more →
La tête contre les murs, directed by Georges Franju
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Amber wrote 7 months ago: La tête contre les murs (Head Against The Wall), dir. by Georges Franju I think Georges Franju’s Eye … more →
To do: Gangsters, birdmen, musicals.
Brad wrote 9 months ago: Tuesday 17th: CineCult is showing a colourful crime double at Bar 303: LOVE IS COLDER THAN DEATH (Fa … more →
Doubt & Les Yeux Sans Visage
mintyblonde wrote 10 months ago: Phew, that was quite a day, I think I’m getting the hang of these matinee Monday’s alt … more →
Le Grand Franju
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dcairns wrote 1 year ago: I don’t know why Georges Franju’s short documentaries are so hard to see. Even if nobody … more →
"Yes, that's the only bit of England they got."
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dcairns wrote 1 year 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 1 year ago: ‘When I shot LES YEUX SANS VISAGE I was told: “No sacrilege because of the Spanish marke … more →
JUDEX (Georges Franju, 1963)
grunes wrote 1 year ago: Although just as beautiful, perhaps more so, Georges Franju’s remake of Louis Feuillade’s 1916 Judex … more →
Mad Mad Mad Mademoiselle
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dcairns wrote 1 year ago: ‘MADEMOISELLE was the most beautiful black-and-white film I have ever, ever seen. It was sta … more →
HEAD AGAINST THE WALLS (Georges Franju, 1958)
grunes wrote 1 year ago: There is certainly this much agreement: Georges Franju, who along with Henri Langlois founded La Cin … more →
SHADOWMAN (Georges Franju, 1974)
grunes wrote 2 years 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 2 years ago: Along with Henri Langlois, Georges Franju in 1936 founded the world’s most celebrated film archive, … more →
HOTEL DES INVALIDES (Georges Franju, 1951)
grunes wrote 2 years ago: War’s hype and the legendary status that the state officially confers on warriors versus war’s killi … more →
THERESE DESQUEYROUX (Georges Franju, 1962)
grunes wrote 2 years ago: Updating François Mauriac’s 1927 novel, Georges Franju’s Thérèse Desqueyroux shifts its sphere of th … more →
LE GRAND MELIES (Georges Franju, 1953)
grunes wrote 2 years ago: Set to a waltz composed by Méliès, Georges Franju’s film about Georges Méliès is charming, nostalgic … more →
EYES WITHOUT A FACE (Georges Franju, 1959)
grunes wrote 2 years ago: I. POETIC HORROR. Along with Henri Langlois, Georges Franju in 1936 founded the world’s most celebra … more →
