Malpertuis - Director's Cut

[Harvey Chartrand]

This is one of Welles' best films as actor only. I look forward to seeing the director's cut, with missing scenes restored. However, BBC Films dismisses Malpertuis as incomprehensible gibberish.
Read all about it at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/07/05/malpertuis_1971_review.shtml

[mteal]

I too thought MALPERTUIS was fascinating, although it is a very wierd and baffling story. The novel was written in France during World War II, and the idea of capturing the essence of the old Greek gods to produce some kind of superior creature somehow seems like a metaphor for Hitler's master race. The blond sailor/hero does have an Aryan look to him, like the sailor in Welles' THE IMMORTAL STORY. The BBC reviewer probably would have described Welles' THE TRIAL - which Malpertuis reminds me of somewhat - as incomprehensible gibberish too.

[Harvey Chartrand]

Images from Malpertuis: The Legend of Doom House can be found at http://www.noosfere.com/heberg/jeanray/malpfilm.htm, as well as a review and information on the Belgian fantasy writer Jean Ray (in French).