Description

The Horror Chamber of Doctor Faustus/the Manster double bill

Topics Discussed

• Podcast and movie introductions
• Andrew does the plot recap
• The movie’s place in French cinema
• Critical reception of Eyes without a Face
• Blood of the Beasts
• A reaction to the modern world
• Citation: Postwar Facial Reconstruction
• Hotel des invalides (misdescribed in the podcast somewhat)
• The mask
• The conflict of the main character
• The acting style

Citations/Reference (What?)

Geroulanos, Stefanos. “Postwar Facial Reconstruction: Georges Franju's ‘Eyes Without a Face.’” French Politics, Culture & Society, vol. 31, no. 2, 2013, pp. 15–33. Conrad, Randall, and Georges Franju. “

Mystery and Melodrama: A Conversation with Georges Franju.” Film Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 2, 1981, pp. 31–42. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1212048.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chbWJVwaoY8

We watched the Criterion Collection edition of the film.

There is also an excellent soundtrack (which we didn't discuss in the episode)

Next episode we will discuss Onibaba.

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