At his secluded chateau in the French countryside, a brilliant, obsessive doctor (Pierre Brasseur) attempts a radical plastic surgery to restore the beauty of his daughter’s disfigured countenance—at a horrifying price. Eyes Without a Face, directed by the supremely talented Georges Franju, is rare in horror cinema for its odd mixture of the ghastly and the lyrical, and it has been a major influence on the genre in the decades since its release. There are images here—of terror, of gore, of inexplicable beauty—that once seen are never forgotten.
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STARS...........: Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Juliette Mayniel
DIRECTOR........: Georges Franju
WRITERS.........: Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac, Claude Sautet, Pierre Gascar
GENRE...........: Drama, Horror
IMDB............: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053459
RUNTIME.........: 1h 30mn
SIZE............: 5.17 GB
VIDEO CODEC.....: HEVC ( [email protected])
BITRATE.........: 8000 Kbps (2-pass)
RESOLUTION......: 1792x1080
ASPECT RATIO....: 1.66:1
FRAMERATE.......: 23.976 fps
AUDIO...........: French AAC 1.0 192kbps
SUBTITLES.......: ENG
SOURCE..........: Criterion Blu-ray
ENCODE DATE.....: 2020-06-07
Extras
• Blood of the Beasts - Georges Franju's short documentary Le sang des betes a.k.a Blood of the Beasts (1949) offers a fascinating but quite disturbing look at Paris' abattoirs. The film is presented with two tracks: the original French soundtrack and an English dub. With optional English subtitles. (23 min, 720p).
• Franju on the Film - An excerpt from an episode of the French television series Cinema de notre temps in which Georges Franju discusses Blood of the Beasts. In French, with optional English subtitles. (3 min, 720p).
• Edith Scob - In this new video interview, legendary French actress Edith Scob (Christiane Génessier) discusses her contribution to Eyes Without a Face and Georges Franju's directing methods. Mrs. Scob also explains what makes the film unique and addresses its critical reception in 1960. The interview was conducted exclusively for Criterion in 2013. In French, with optional English subtitles. (9 min, 720p).
• "Le Fantastique" - An excerpt from an episode from the French television show Cine-parade in which director Georges Franju explains what separates fantastic and horror cinema. In French, with optional English subtitles. (6 min, 720p).
• Boileau-Narcejac - Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac wrote the script for Eyes Without a Face. In this collection of excerpts from the documentary Les grands-peres du crime, the two gentlemen discuss their friendship and work. In French, with optional English subtitles. (8 min, 720p).
• Trailers - Original U.S. and French trailers for Eyes Without a Face. (7 min, 720p)
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