I’ve actually been watching Les Vampires recently — watched the first six (of ten) episodes in one sitting and hopefully I can carve out time this weekend to watch the rest of it.
Despite being made in 1915, it still speaks to a 21st century audience raised on Hitchcock and paranoia. Great stuff.
So good, in fact, that I bought two more Louis Feuillade serials — Fantomas and Judex. I’m hoping to blog about Feuillade by Thanksgiving, but we’ll see …
Fantastique!
I’ve actually been watching Les Vampires recently — watched the first six (of ten) episodes in one sitting and hopefully I can carve out time this weekend to watch the rest of it.
Despite being made in 1915, it still speaks to a 21st century audience raised on Hitchcock and paranoia. Great stuff.
So good, in fact, that I bought two more Louis Feuillade serials — Fantomas and Judex. I’m hoping to blog about Feuillade by Thanksgiving, but we’ll see …
Best movie suit ever.