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Jacques Champreux
Directed by: Georges Franju
This effortlessly cool crime caper, directed by Georges Franju, is a marvel of dexterous plotting and visual invention. Conceived as an homage to Louis Feuillade’s 1916 cult silent serial of the same name, Judex kicks off with the mysterious kidnapping of a corrupt banker by a shadowy crime fighter (American magician Channing Pollock) and spins out into a thrillingly complex web of deceptions. Combining stylish sixties modernism with silent-cinema touches and even a few unexpected sci-fi accents, Judex is a delightful bit of pulp fiction and a testament to the art of illusion.
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Format: DVD
Aspect Ratio:
1.66:1 (Anamorphic)
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French 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
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English
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1
Discs:
2 Discs |
DVD-9
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Supplements
- Interview from 2007 with cowriter Jacques Champreux
- Interview from 2012 with actor Francine Bergé
- Franju le visionnaire, a fifty-minute program from 1998 on director Georges Franju’s career
- Two short films by Franju: Hôtel des Invalides (1951), about the Paris military complex, and Le grand Méliès (1952), about director Georges Méliès
- An essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien
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