this isn't a horror movie; it's a crime thriller. produced by gaumont to compete with the popular perils of pauline serial, it's divided into 10 parts, average 30-45 minutes. these were shown in theaters before the main feature. the story follows reporter philippe guérande's i...( read more)
pure pulp, with some ridiculous, even surreal moments. Each episode exude an atmosphere of fear and conspiracy, and while some subplots can get predictable the overall narrative direction wanders all over the place. I can see how Bunuel was influenced by the outrageous/surreal...( read more)
Silent film, black and white, 440 minutes long, 10 acts made by Louis Feuillade. I want to see it.
an enormously entertaining 10 part french crime serial (silent), staring Musidora as Imra Vep, perhaps the sexiest femme fatale in cinema to date.
Man was this film both fun and funny, it was rather odd watching this to know that the surrealists loved this film, but now looking at it, the unconventional lack of particular reality and more on absurd charisma and wacked out situations is seriously interesting and probably imp...( read more)
Vraiment excellent sur presque tous les points. Scénario, réalisation, technique. Les deux seuls points négatifs sont qu'un des personnages jouent un peu trop pour la caméra (décroche) et la musique est un peu tannante. Les épisodes sont tous disponibles sur google video. Un infl...( read more)
I never gotten around to seeing all of it in one sitting. I mean, c'mon. 7+ hours!! Luckily it's comprised of ten episodes of varying length so it's more like a series than an actual feature film.
It's a curious film as both the good guys and bad guys are real sons of bitches, ...( read more)
A silent classic, so good. Slinky, sexy female jewel thieves. Dated & a bit long, but worth the watch.
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