I saw Judex in 1964 in the movie Theater movie Niza in Barcelona. I was a teenager and I remained shocked by the images fascination. I review the film time to time. It is a masterpiece to recover the spirit of the old shows by Louis Feuillade before the I World War, with love and taking care of infinite details. If we compare the images with those taken in fresh air by Feuillade in 1912-14 Paris we can realize the accurate work of the art directors. All movie is an exercise of cinematographic calligraphy that only a poet can do. Franju and Luis Buñuel are the greatest surrealist in cinema history. This sequence of the masked dance is the best I have never seen: there is magic in the pigeon mask by Edith Scob..
Review of Judex
