Critic Reviews
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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Louis Feuillade's extraordinary ten-part silent serial of 1916, running just under eight hours, is one of the supreme delights of film.
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Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy
A cracking good story...in those wonderful moments where Musidora's kohl-marked face stares right out of the screen and into your soul, it's terribly perfect.
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Douglas Pratt, DVDLaser
The elaborate production, written and directed by Louis Feuillade, is an epic modern crime thriller, the precursor to many of today's multi-million dollar action films.
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Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
[Director Louis Feuillade] masterfully builds suspense over the film's massive, nearly 7-hour running time.
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, Time Out
It's possible to overstate the extent to which all this is a bunch of fun: if shown, as it often is, in one great unnatural marathon, it can be sheer torture.
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