Short films by Georges Franju 1934-1952
Co-founder (with Henri Langlois) of the Cinémathèque Française, George Franju is now best known as the director of the poetic 1959 horror film Eyes Without a Face. But before he made that “face-transplant” shocker, he made a series of acclaimed, surreal, subversive documentaries.
Co-founder (with Henri Langlois) of the Cinémathèque Française, George Franju is now best known as the director of the poetic 1959 horror film Eyes Without a Face. But before he made that “face-transplant” shocker, he made a series of acclaimed, surreal, subversive documentaries. The Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque show a selection of them this month, in rare prints from France. Program includes: Le Grand Méliès (1952), a biography of the celebrated
trick-film pioneer George Méliès (here played by his son André); La Première Nuit (1958), in which a schoolboy descends into the
Paris Metro and has subway-inspired dreams; Hôtel des Invalides (1952), a seemingly innocuous tour of the French War Museum that turns
into a scathing denunciation of combat; and (hopefully) Blood of the Beasts (Le Sang des Bêtes, 1949), another subversive study in contrasts that explores another French institution in this case, a slaughterhouse.
Link: Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque
All prints from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Special thanks to Delphine Selles from the French Cultural Services in New York.
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Written on Apr. 08, 08
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Chantal Akerman: Moving Through Time and Space
The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis is very pleased to present the first museum survey of the works of filmmaker and video artist Chantal Akerman. Recognized as one of the most important directors in film history, filmmaker Chantal Akerman presents her key films and major installations, spotlighting the crossover genres of film and visual art.
The five projects of this touring exhibition, including a newly commissioned film, span more than two decades of Akerman’s career, opening a window [+]
The five projects of this touring exhibition, including a newly commissioned film, span more than two decades of Akerman’s career, opening a window [+]
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