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  • Eyes Without A Face (1960)
    Review preview for Eyes Without A Face

    Franju is carefully slicing along the line where the concrete rigours of modern science intersect with the abstractions of youth, beauty and ephemerality.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A surgeon abducts girls - attempting to transplant their faces on to that of his disfigured daughter.
  • Judex (1963)
    Review preview for Judex

    Franju beautifully captures the style of his silent serial models with intertitles, irising and other archaic effects, while also using his camera in a thoroughly modern and personal manner.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 4 out of 5
    Tales of a master of disguise who is the self-appointed scourge of the underworld.
  • Judex/Nuits Rouges (2008)
    Review preview for Judex/Nuits Rouges

    The exploits of a masked hero and villain.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 4 out of 5
    Double dose of masked magic from Georges Franju
  • Nuits Rouges (1974)
    Review preview for Nuits Rouges

    The more you bring to the film the more you will get out of it.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 2.5 out of 5
    A masked criminal goes in search of the treasure of the Knights Templar.

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