JUDEX au bal masqué (a film by Georges Franju - 1963)

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Uploaded by on Jan 7, 2010

The magical, rarely seen Judex -- directed by the great Georges Franju (co-founder of the french cinematheque). 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".

The film stars magician Channing Pollock as Judex/Vallieres: here's the costume ball where everyone is wearing animal masks. This scene is influenced by french cartoonist J.J. Grandville, who depicted people with the heads of animals and birds.

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  • quelle splendeur!

  • @elieb44 ;)

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  • Les meilleurs extraits de la musique originale de JUDEX figurent sur le CD "Musiques inédites du cinéma français de Maurice Jarre", qui vient de paraître chez Disques Cinémusique. La version de de Robert Lafond est très proche de la bande originale du film de Franju mais avec une qualité sonore impeccable.

  • buon natale giuliodavid

  • I love this movie ! Franju really had a thing for masks and doves... An underrated gem.

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