Preposterously inane film directed by Georges Franju, it barely reaches above average. There's no story, it's all just 'action' between the banker, a shadowy Judex, the banker's former governess and the banker's dull daughter. It's got some art leaning which saves it from tedium.
It's a homage to Louis Feuillade who is known for the serials Fantômas, Les Vampires and Judex and his films made between 1904 and 1926.
Also has an overblown fifty-minute program "Franju le visionnaire" where an overestimated and pretentious Georges Franju's bloats over his films, he even states that he "hates fairy tales because they 'bore' him". Well, I loved them as a kid. Anyone who didn't like fairy tales is a highfaluting snob I think.
Still, it's a nice package put together by The Criterion Collection.
It's a homage to Louis Feuillade who is known for the serials Fantômas, Les Vampires and Judex and his films made between 1904 and 1926.
Also has an overblown fifty-minute program "Franju le visionnaire" where an overestimated and pretentious Georges Franju's bloats over his films, he even states that he "hates fairy tales because they 'bore' him". Well, I loved them as a kid. Anyone who didn't like fairy tales is a highfaluting snob I think.
Still, it's a nice package put together by The Criterion Collection.