260 - Eyes Without a Face

[captainofbeef]

- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Blood of the Beasts (Le Sang des bêtes), Georges Franju’s 1949 short documentary about the slaughterhouses of Paris
- Archival interviews with Franju on horror, cinema, and the making of Blood of the Beasts
- Excerpt from Les Grands-pères du crime, a documentary featuring Eyes Without a Face writers Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac (Diabolique, Vertigo)
- Theatrical trailers
- Stills gallery of rare production photos and promotional material
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- Plus: new essays by novelist Patrick McGrath and writer and film historian David Kalat

[wkw]

This film is very unique. It's like a B-horror plot given the art house treatment. It's not really scary but very atmospheric, surreal, poetic, even beautiful. The face graft scene is disturbing yet compelling. The main characters are well developed. The DVD has a beautiful transfer as well.

[criterionmaster]

You didn't by any chance watch the film on the disc, Blood of the Beasts, did you?

[wkw]

I saw the movie at a club screening, so I didn't see it. Heard it's a repulsive documentary about a slaughterhouse. You saw it?

[criterionmaster]

No, I haven't, but really want to. I heard from some people that it is one of the best features Criterion ever put on a DVD. Whether that is true or not, I will have to find out. I'll probably give this disc a rent though, since it sounds like you liked the film.