Judex (1963) + Nuits rouges (1973) (Masters of Cinema) [2 DVD9s] [PAL]
Two Films By Georges Franju
Thriller/Art-House | 1.66:1 | Black & White/Colour | French Dolby Digital | English Subtitles
2 Full Original DVD Images (.ISO) + 600dpi Scans = 15.05GBs | 400MB RARs | NL/FSe/FSo
The magical, rarely seen Judex — directed by the great Georges Franju (Eyes Without a Face) — was largely unappreciated at the time of its release in 1963. This lyrical and dreamlike picture, a putative “remake” of Louis Feuillade’s own 1916 Judex, is as evocative of the silent master’s own works as it is the later films of Jean Cocteau and Salvador Dalí. A French reviewer wrote in 1963: “The whole of Judex reminds us that film is a privileged medium for the expression of poetic magic”.
Starring the magician Channing Pollock, the divine Edith Scob, and the mesmerising Francine Bergé, Judex concerns a wicked banker, his helpless daughter, and a mysterious avenger. It plays like a fairy tale — one in which Franju creates a dazzling clash between good and evil, eschewing interest in the psychological aspects of his characters for unexplained twists and turns in the action. The beautifully controlled imagery, superbly rendered by Marcel Fradetal’s black-against-white photography, animates a natural world and the spirits of animals all at war with a host of diabolical forces.
Franju’s Judex and Nuits rouges both paid overt homage to the surreal, silent serial-works of Feuillade. Scripted in collaboration with Feuillade’s grandson — Jacques Champreux — these films evince the same poetic magic that made the art of that earlier master a cause célèbre not only for the Surrealist movement, but also for the world-renowned Cinémathèque Française. It was the Cinémathèque (co-founded by the legendary Henri Langlois with Franju) that helped resurrect the reputation of Feuillade decades after he’d slipped out of the public consciousness.
The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Georges Franju’s two most mindbending films on DVD in the UK for the first time
Disc Features:
• Gorgeous new transfers of both Judex and Nuits Rouges in their original aspect ratios
• New and improved English subtitle translations
• Video interviews, for both films, by Franju-collaborator Jacques Champreux
• 40-page booklet containing newly translated interviews with Georges Franju; newly translated writing by Jacques Rivette, and more!
Movies:
YEARS: 1963 / 1973
COUNTRY: France
DIRECTOR: Georges Franju
DVD:
DVD RELEASE: 2008
STUDIO: Eureka! Masters of Cinema
CATALOG: #49/50
SYSTEM: Pal
SCREEN: 1.66:1
COLOUR: Black & White (Judex) / Colour (Nuits rouges)
AUDIO: French Dolby Digital Mono
SUBTITLES: English (soft)
RUNTIME (MOVIES): 94 / 104 mins
Extraction:
ENGINE: DVD Decrypter
DVD: 2 Full Dual-Layer DVDs
FILE EXTENSION: .ISO (Image)
FILE SIZE: 7.57/7.44GBs
SCANS FILE SIZE (600 DPI): 46MBs
TOTAL FILE SIZE: 15.05GBs
Scans
http://www.filesonic.com/file/28682307/Ju.NuRou.Scs.rar
http://www.fileserve.com/file/yhKBu8Z
Judex
http://netfolder.in/lPl9hQd/JuMoc
http://www.fileserve.com/list/tDAWntV
http://www.filesonic.com/folder/419233
Nuits rouges
http://netfolder.in/WMt0ckp/NuiRou
http://www.fileserve.com/list/mCaKsuC
http://www.filesonic.com/folder/426481
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