Friday, January 30, 2004
at the dobie this weekend
for one week only, and i want to go see it:
A deranged plastic surgeon (Pierre Brasseur) obsessively removes the faces of kidnapped women, grafting their flayed skin onto the rotting countenance of his beloved young daughter (Edith Scob), who had been disfigured in an automobile accident. Director Georges Franju's terrifying, gothic horror film is invested with a weird poetry, elevating his variation on the mad-doctor story to the level of Cocteau and the best of early German cinema. Alida Valli (The Third Man) co-stars. New, uncut 35mm print featuring a new translation and subtitles. Official Web Site
Director: Georges Franju
Cast: Pierre Brasseur, Edith Scob, Alida Valli, François Guérin, Alexandre Rignault, Béatrice Altariba, Juliette Mayniel, Charles Blavette, Claude Brasseur, Michel Etcheverry, Yvette Etiévant, René Génin
MPAA Rating: NR
Run Time: 1hr 28mins
Release Year: 1959
Country Of Origin: France/Italy
A deranged plastic surgeon (Pierre Brasseur) obsessively removes the faces of kidnapped women, grafting their flayed skin onto the rotting countenance of his beloved young daughter (Edith Scob), who had been disfigured in an automobile accident. Director Georges Franju's terrifying, gothic horror film is invested with a weird poetry, elevating his variation on the mad-doctor story to the level of Cocteau and the best of early German cinema. Alida Valli (The Third Man) co-stars. New, uncut 35mm print featuring a new translation and subtitles. Official Web Site
Director: Georges Franju
Cast: Pierre Brasseur, Edith Scob, Alida Valli, François Guérin, Alexandre Rignault, Béatrice Altariba, Juliette Mayniel, Charles Blavette, Claude Brasseur, Michel Etcheverry, Yvette Etiévant, René Génin
MPAA Rating: NR
Run Time: 1hr 28mins
Release Year: 1959
Country Of Origin: France/Italy
