
Georges Franju (1912-1987)
"What I really stand for is even the opposite of anarchism, because I abhor all that is individual whenever collective movements can be seen to be neccessary."
"I am in favor of shooting outdoors like many people, but what I'm thinking of here is not films themselves but the institution of cinema. It's obvious that location shooting struck a fatal blow to the prestige of an art whose secrets and rituals, as well as initiates, were protected by studio walls."
Filmography
Dernier mélodrame, Le (1979) (TV)
Discorde, La (1978) (TV)
"Homme sans visage, L'" (8 episodes, 1975)
- Le secret des Templiers (1975) TV episode
- Le rapt (1975) TV episode
- Le sang accusateur (1975) TV episode
- La marche des spectres (1975) TV episode
- La mort qui rampait sur les toits (1975) TV episode
(etc,)
Nuits rouges (1974) R2 Editions Cahiers du Cinema Coffret Franju w Judex, R2 PAL MoC double feature w Judex
Ligne d'ombre, La (1973) (TV)
Faute de l'abbé Mouret, La (1970)
"Service des affaires classées, Le" (4 episodes)
- Le coffre aux souvenirs TV episode
- L'ennemi intime TV episode
- Un chien de sa chienne TV episode
- Une chance sur un million TV episode
Marcel Allain (1966)
Rideaux blancs, Les (1965) (segment "Les rideaux blancs")
Thomas l'imposteur (1964)
Judex (1963) R2 Editions Cahiers du Cinema Coffret Franju w Judex & Nuits Rouges, R1 Sinister Video, R2 PAL MoC double feature w Nuits Rouges
Thérèse Desqueyroux (1962)
Pleins feux sur l'assassin (1961)
Yeux sans visage, Les (1960) R1 CC dvd,R2 Second sight DVD, R1 Kino VHS, R2 Connoiseur VHS
Tête contre les murs, La (1959)
Première nuit, La (1958)
Notre Dame - cathédrale de Paris (1957)
Monsieur et Madame Curie (1956)
Sur le pont d'Avignon (1956)
Théâtre national populaire, Le (1956)
À propos d'une rivière (1955)
Mon chien (1955)
Navigation marchande atlantique (1954)
Poussières, Les (1953)
Grand Méliès, Le (1952) Included in R1 Flicker Alley Melies; The First Wizard of Cinema
Hôtel des Invalides (1952)
En passant par la Lorraine (1950)
Sang des bêtes, Le (1949) included in R1 CC dvd of Les Yeux sans visage
Métro, Le (1934)
Web Resources
Strictly Film School on Les Yeux sans visage
Film Philosophy: The Films of Georges Franju by Michael Duplessis, USC.
Editions Caheirs du Cinema Judex/Nuits Rouges page.
imdb Franju page
filmereference.com Eyes Without a Face page
Forum Resources
MoC Judex Nuits Rouges page
CC Eyes Without A Face page
Georges Franju page
In Print
Books
Georges Franju by Kate Ince
Georges Franju; Une esthetique destabilization by Gerard Leblanc
Georges Franju; Impressions et aveux by M.-M. Brumagne
Franju (Movie Editions) by Raymond Durgnat
Articles:
La Technique Cinématographique (Paris), no. 196, 1959.
Lebovits, Jean-Marc, and Francis Tranchant, "Entretien avec Georges Franju," in Cinéma (Paris), March 1959.
Vérité, J. M., in Cinéma (Paris), July 1959.
Variety (New York), 26 August 1959.
Truffaut, François, "Entretien avec Georges Franju," in Cahiers du Cinéma (Paris), November 1959.
Dyer, Peter John, in Monthly Film Bulletin (London), March 1960.
Delahaye, Michel, in Cahiers du Cinéma (Paris), April 1960.
Vas, Robert, in Sight and Sound (London), Spring 1960.
Oms, Marcel, in Positif (Paris), May 1960.
Tailleur, Roger, "Pour un portrait," in Prèsence du Cinéma (Paris), June 1960.
Callenbach, Ernest, in Film Quarterly (Berkeley), Summer 1962.
Ajame, Pierre, "Georges Franju; ou, La Terreur comme un des beaux-arts," in Nouvelles Littéraires (Paris), 30 January 1964.
MacLochlainn, A., "The Films of Luis Buñuel and Georges Franju," in Film Journal (New York), Summer 1971.
Gow, Gordon, "Franju," in Films and Filming (London), August 1971.
Wood, Robin, "Terrible Buildings: The World of Georges Franju," in Film Comment (New York), November-December 1973.
Milne, Tom, "Georges Franju: The Haunted Void," in Sight and Sound (London), Spring 1975.
Badder, D. J., "Georges Franju," in Film Dope (London), April 1979.
Conrad, Randall, "Mystery and Melodrama: A Conversation with Georges Franju," in Film Quarterly (Berkeley), vol. 35, 10 March 1982.
Revault d'Allonnes, Fabrice, in Cinéma (Paris), 24 September 1986.
Chevrie, Marc, in Cahiers du Cinéma (Paris), November 1986.
Klein, Andy, in Los Angeles Magazine, vol. 33, no. 9, September 1988.
Svehla, G.J., "Revisiting The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus,"' in Midnight Marquee (Baltimore), no. 38, Spring 1989.
Peyras, P., "Si tes yeux t'offensent, arrache-less!" in Focales, no. 1, 1992.
Peyras, P., "Que cache le cadre de Bazin?" in Focales, no. 2, 1993.
Brownlie, T., "Eyes Without a Face (Les yeux sans visage)," in Film (London), vol. 4, no. 3, 1995.
Sinclair, Iain, "Homeopathic Horror," in Sight & Sound (London), vol. 5, no. 4, April 1995.
Télérama (Paris), no. 2371, 21 June 1995.
Brown, G., "The Looking Glass," in Village Voice (New York), vol. 40, 21 November 1995.
"Franju Classic Gets New Facelift," in Video Watchdog (Cincinnati), no. 31, 1996.