Brasseurs character is a plastic surgeon who is determined to perform a face transplant on his daughter, who was disfigured in an auto crash. Apr 23, 2015 billy idol eyes without a face les yeux sans visage 1960 georges franju uploaded in qhd 2560x1440. Director georges franju created an unforgettably atmospheric film, and over the years its reputation, popularity and influence has grown. Genessier pierre brasseur is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful christiane edith scob.
At his secluded chateau in the french countryside, a brilliant, obsessive doctor attempts a radical plastic surgery to restore the beauty of his daughters disfigured countenanceat a horrifying price. Made in 1960, it has a plot that has been lifted several times since. Genessier, an eminent paris surgeon, is obsessively engaged in. The film is unique in the history of french cinema. Eyes without a face is a french film about the mystery and horror that can be found in everyday life.
Billy idol eyes without a face official music video. In my case, it would have been georges franjus eyes without a face, a fairly seminal horror movie. There is a moment in eyes without a faceyoull know it when you see itwhen, according to lexpress, the spectators dropped like flies. Billy idol eyes without a face top of the pops 1984 full track, redubbed. Subs eyes without a face 1960 hd 720p full movie eng. Billy idol eyes without a face may 3, 2018 sunfest west palm beach florida duration. The movie scandalized viewers so much, the outraged french critical.
But way back in 1960, filmmaker georges franju made a film of that same title and matt and craig take another trip on the ol leather. Already, the video transfer was the best the film has ever received. Notorious short film featuring the eyeball slicing scene. French director georges franjus eyes without a face les yeux sans visage is an unsettling, sometimes poetic horror film. In the films poetic last images, she also frees the caged doves and walks with them into the woods. Yes, but there is no killing for joy or sadism here, its done for love, to assuage guilt whilst advancing science. At the edinburgh film festival, seven viewers actually fainted, prompting director georges franju to crow undiplomatically, now i know why scotsmen wear skirts. Eyes without a face 1960 french film poster chairish. Eyes without a face, directed by the supremely talented georges franju, is rare in horror cinema for its odd mixture of the ghastly and the lyrical, and it has been a major. Georges franjus film came out in 1960, the same year as britains psycho and peeping tom, and while its not quite as revolutionary as our twin shockers, it does. If a film holds my attention, it is in one way or another a good one. Eyes without a face, directed by the supremely talented georges franju, is rare in horror cinema for its odd mixture of the ghastly and the lyrical, and it has been a major influence on the genre. Genessier pierre brasseur is the mad scientist at the heart of eyes without a face 1959, georges franjus merciless horror classic, now being revived in a new 35mm print. It was released in 1984 as the second single from the album.
When it was released on american screens, georges franjus elegant 1960 horror film eyes without a face was retitled the horror chamber of dr. Eyes without a face is far, far too good to be just a cult film. As franju was the archives cofounder, the cinematheque francaise celebrated by presenting the. Eyes without a face is a song by english rock musician billy idol, from his second album rebel yell 1983. I personally do not consider this to be a horror film or shocker, as the old filmgoing vernacular used to term it. Billy idol eyes without a face les yeux sans visage 1960. At his secluded chateau in the french countryside, a brilliant, obsessive doctor pierre brasseur attempts a radical plastic surgery to restore the beauty of his daughters disfigured countenanceat a horrifying price. One of the most important genre bluray releases this year comes from criterion on october 15th in the form of georges franjus eyes without a face les yeux sans visage 1960.
Eyes without a face, directed by the supremely talented georges franju, is rare in. Original 1960 first release poster for the classic french horror film les yeux sans visageeyes without a face. Les yeux sans visage is a 1960 film cowritten and directed by georges franju and starring pierre brasseur and alida valli, based on the novel of the same name by jean redon. A surgeon causes an accident which leaves his daughter disfigured, and goes to extremes to give her a new face. But eyes without a face has a more clinical, dispassionate tone, which is precisely what makes it so discomfiting. Faustus and paired with something called the manster, the macabre tale of a halfmanhalfbeast with two heads. Its core motif is the mask, here an uncanny thing of smooth, hard plastic worn by a young woman to conceal a face destroyed in an auto accident. Eyes without a face had no problems with the french censors prior to its european release but that was not the case with the american print. This film directed by george franju features gruesome surgeries as a doctor abuses his medical knowledge. Eyes without a face 1960 sharon knolle october 15, 2015. Genessiers actions, touchingly so, and with franju a.
The professor was presumeably at one time a reputable plastic surgeon, but now, in his isolated suburban mansion, he experiments on dogs, birds, and helpless young women who are supplied to him by the faithful louise. Eyes without a face isnt that sort of horror film, haunting. Rent eyes without a face 1960 starring pierre brasseur and alida valli on dvd and bluray. Billy idol eyes without a face 1984, vinyl discogs. Christianes face is an open wound ever since a car accident caused by daddy dearest. Eyes without a face is a 1960 french thrillerhorrormelodrama film directed by georges franju its about a mad doctor named genessier pierre brasseur who has his nurse louise alida valli kidnap young women to cut their facial skin and transplant it onto the face of his daughter, christiane edith scob. Now it makes me sad, it makes me mad at truth for loving what was you. Eyes without a face received a theatrical rerelease in a september 1986 rerelease in conjunction with retrospectives at the national film theatre in london and at the cinematheque francaise for the film archives 50th anniversary in france.
Reviewed by glenn erickson georges franjus eyes without a face les yeux sans visage, 1959 has often been characterized as a poetic horror film. Now, criterion takes things several notches beyond even that standard and gives us a satisfyingly film like transfer. Pierre brasseur plays a brilliant plastic surgeon, prof. When im far from home dont call me on the phone to tell me youre alone its easy to deceive its easy to tease but hard to get release les yeux sans visage eyes without a face les yeux sans visage eyes without a face les yeux sans visage eyes without a face got no human grace your eyes without a face i spend so much time believing all the lies to keep the dream alive now it. Original 1960 first release poster for the classic french horror film les yeux sans visage eyes without a face. If i am distracted by its conventions, obligatory scenes and carelessness or lack of ambition, it deserves to be tossed back into the genre. Georges franju might be the most underrated director of french cinema history that i know of. Sep 17, 2016 my first video editing attempt with my phone beautiful movie and song of the same title les yeux sans visage 1960 eyes without a face billy idol 1984.
But whos that facedown on her bed on the top floor of the doctors house. Allstar one of the great figures of french cinema, georges franju 19121987 was the creator with henri. Beyond the fact that franjus film includes neither a horror chamber nor a villain named dr. As far as horror cinema goes, eyes without a face aka les yeux sans visage might be the most poetic, eerie film ever lensed. Billy idol eyes without a face full length version lyrics. She also releases all the dogs, who immediately attack her father, destroying his face and killing him. Oh its still madness, but theres a real sadness to dr. I spend so much time believing all the lies to keep the dream alive. Georges franjus gorgeous, poetic horror film about a surgeons dark obsession with restoring his daughters disfigured face. Find out where eyes without a face is streaming, if eyes without a face is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Oct 15, 20 georges franjus eyes without a face is for me the most chilling expression in cinema of our ancient preoccupation with the nature of identity. This designation still seems apt, since franju manages the tricky balancing act of thoroughly inhabiting a genre that is almost by. Faustus and dubbed into english, franjus film ended up on a double bill with the manster, a japaneseamerican coproduction that was much more geared toward the. Billy idol eyes without a face les yeux sans visage.
Rent eyes without a face 1960 on dvd and bluray dvd. His films were marveled at by no less than both jean cocteau and jean lucgoddard. My first video editing attempt with my phone beautiful movie and song of the same title les yeux sans visage 1960 eyes without a face billy idol 1984. This, for me, is the most poetic horror film ever made, with great performances, especially by edith. Eyes without a face, directed by the supremely talented georges franju, is rare in horror cinema for its odd mixture of the ghastly and the lyrical, and it has been a major influence on the genre in the decades since its release. Jul 25, 2017 when im far from home dont call me on the phone to tell me youre alone its easy to deceive its easy to tease but hard to get release les yeux sans visage eyes without a face les yeux sans visage eyes without a face les yeux sans visage eyes without a face got no human grace your eyes without a face i spend so much time believing all the lies to keep the dream alive now it. He also introduced us to the phrase eyes without a face. Eyes without a face is a 1960 french film cowritten and directed by georges franju and starring pierre brasseur and alida valli, based upon the novel of the. I personally do not consider this to be a horror film or shocker, as the old film going vernacular used to term it. Genessier, who has vowed to restore the face of his daughter, christiane, who was mutilated in an automobile accident. In 2004 criterion released eyes without a face on dvd for the first time. Eyes without a face is a perfect example of how cinematic poetry can transform a seemingly disreputable movie genre.
French trailer for les yeux sans visage france 1960, georges franju. Eyes without a face is a 1960 film cowritten and directed by georges franju and starring pierre brasseur and alida valli, based on the novel of the same name. Eyes without a face, directed by the supremely talented georges franju, is rare in horror. Billy idol eyes without a face les yeux sans visage 1960 georges franju uploaded in qhd 2560x1440. Genessiers actions, touchingly so, and with franju a master of hauntingly lyrical splendour, its. There are images hereof terror, of gore, of inexplicable beautythat once seen are never forgotten. Georges franjus eyes without a face is for me the most chilling expression in cinema of our ancient preoccupation with the nature of identity.
Eyes without a face welcome to the basement youtube. With pierre brasseur, alida valli, juliette mayniel, alexandre rignault. Its central setpiece depicts brasseur removing a victims face in what feels like real time. With the help of his assistant alida valli, he kidnaps young women, surgically removes their. The song is softer and more balladlike than most of the albums other singles. Oct 18, 2015 edith scob and alida valli in eyes without a face. Billy idol eyes without a face lyrics genius lyrics.
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