The horror film that inspired billy idols eyes without a. Original 1960 first release poster for the classic french horror film les yeux sans visageeyes without a face. Billy idol eyes without a face lyrics genius lyrics. The american trailer is a tacky exploitation tiein with the grotesque the manster, and must be seen to be believed. Billy idol born william michael albert broad on november 30, 1955 in middlesex, england is an english musician. 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. 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.
Rent eyes without a face 1960 starring pierre brasseur and alida valli on dvd and bluray. 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. Louis and the webster university film series started last friday and continues the next two weekends the classic french film festival celebrates st. Eyes without a face 1960 french film poster chairish. During this period, idol decided to become a musician and formed a band called generation x in 1976. In it, a gifted plastic surgeon is involved in a near fatal auto accident which horribly disfigures the once beautiful face of his beloved daughter. The ninth annual robert classic french film festival copresented by cinema st. I first came upon it blind in ivan butlers the horror film and saw it two nights in a row at harriet diamonds westwood midnight shows in 1973 or so. Yes, but there is no killing for joy or sadism here, its done for love, to assuage guilt whilst advancing science. Director georges franju created an unforgettably atmospheric film, and over the years its reputation, popularity and influence has grown.
Les yeux sans visage is a 1960 film cowritten and directed by georges franju and starring pierre brasseur and alida valli. The film was rereleased uncut and under its original title to us theaters for. Allstar one of the great figures of french cinema, georges franju 19121987 was the creator with henri. Georges franjus 1960 horror masterpiece eyes without a face is one. Eyes without a face this is a movie from the 30s and it. Eyes without a face is a rarity 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. Scob shot to stardom in 1960, playing a disfigured car crash victim whose crazed surgeon father doggedly attempts to perform a face transplant on her in the classic horror film eyes without a. A surgeon causes an accident which leaves his daughter disfigured, and goes to extremes to give her a new face. The song is notable for the female voice of perri listershe appeared in the banned video for hot in the citywho sings les yeux sans visage french for eyes without a face as a background chorus. Rent eyes without a face 1960 on dvd and bluray netflix.
Les yeux sans visage is a 1960 french language horror film adaptation of jean redons novel, directed by georges franju, and starring pierre brasseurand alida valli. Christianes face is an open wound ever since a car accident caused by daddy dearest. As her eyes continue to shift nervously about, her eyes meet with a reflection in her rear view mirror. The homeland concertsduo ingolfssonstoupel friday and tuesday online youtube. Deceptively weird opening, alida valli, who plays louise, driving panicky along a french highway at night, soon revealed to be up to no good, in georges franjus celebrated eyes without a face, 1959.
During the films production, consideration was given to the standards of european censors by setting the right tone, minimizing gore and eliminating the madscientistcharacter. Les yeux sans visage, and once known as the horror chamber of dr. 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. 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. Eyes without a face 1960 this film is utterly creepy, and incredibly influential in modern cinema worldwide, from japans the face of another to spains open your eyes and the skin i live in. 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 when you hear the music you make a dip into someone elses pocket then make a slip steal a car and go to las vegas oh the gigolo pool im on a bus on a psychedelic trip. It is the story of frankenstein and countless tales since, including georges franjus eyes without a face.
Eyes without a face 1960 french film poster original 1960 first release poster for the classic french horror film les yeux sans visageeyes without a face. There are images hereof terror, of gore, of inexplicable beautythat once seen are never forgotten. Eyes without a face isnt that sort of horror film, haunting. Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face is the title to a chillingly horrific yet classically poetic 1960 film from acclaimed french director georges franju. Yet eyes without a face owes more to the american horror tradition than to french art cinema, which was slow to acknowledge the genres legitimacy, much less its potential. Eyes without a face is full of fairy tale aesthetics popmatters. 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. In eyes without a face, french director georges franju lifts a fairly standard horror film narrative into the realms of poetic fable. But eyes without a face has a more clinical, dispassionate tone, which is precisely what makes it so discomfiting.
Now it makes me sad, it makes me mad at truth for loving what was you. Its central setpiece depicts brasseur removing a victims face in what feels like real time. 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. With the help of his assistant alida valli, he kidnaps young women, surgically removes their. Francaise in 1937, a pioneer film archivist, an offbeat documentarist and, finally. Idol lived in worthing before attending sussex university for only a year before joining the bromley contingent of keen sex pistols fans. Eyes without a face, the french horror film by georges franju. I spend so much time believing all the lies to keep the dream alive. French actress edith scob, who starred in horror flick.
French trailer for les yeux sans visage france 1960, georges franju. Genessier, who has vowed to restore the face of his daughter, christiane, who was mutilated in an automobile accident. The title of the song refers to the english title of french director georges franjus 1960 film les yeux sans visage. What does the song eyes without a face by billy idol. Genessiers actions, touchingly so, and with franju a. Oh its still madness, but theres a real sadness to dr. 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. Eyes without a face 1962 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The film falls somewhere between the french fairytale surrealism of a. Louis gallic heritage and frances cinematic legacy. But franjus film is less concerned with plot than with tragic mood and poetic imagery. Caught between cultures, the film was greeted with scandal in its home country and mistreatment in the u.
Faustus, a dubbed and trimmed version that dropped. 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. Classic french film festival continues this weekend. One of the great figures of french cinema, georges franju 19121987. With pierre brasseur, alida valli, juliette mayniel, alexandre rignault.
Criterions new disc of eyes without a face is a welcome addition to that highend line of dvd releases. French director georges franjus eyes without a face les yeux sans visage is an unsettling, sometimes poetic horror film. The french auteur critics did a lot of helpful spadework, resurrecting genres and rehabilitating reputations, but they were not always rightand. Eyes without a face is a perfect example of how cinematic poetry can transform a seemingly disreputable movie genre. The french trailer for eyes without a face is the best horror trailer ever made even after seeing the film it makes one shiver, and raises anticipation for something phenomenally dreadful.
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