"The right not to finish". If this were respected then we should all agree with David Thompson and no unfinished work of Welles's would ever be seen, which would leave Kane, Othello, The Trial, Chimes, Immortal and Fake, and nothing else.
And to take another example: if Max Brod had respected Kafka's wishes and rights, then we'd have no Castle, no Trial, no Amerika, etc. etc.
The dead artist has no rights, nor should they: the artist is often the worst evaluator of their own art. It's posterity and history that make the final judgement.
Re: Welles's Don Quixote: my point is it's better to have something now rather than nothing, because God knows when a definitive reconstruction can ever occur. I know Mauro Bonanni believes that unless the original negative can be found, a reconstruction is inadvisable and would be a terrible mistake- and he was the original editor.
Many of us have been waiting for The Other side of the Wind since 1972; it might never come out in our lifetimes. If it were offerred in a terrible edit tomorow, I would buy it, hoping that something better would come out later.
But not holding my breath.
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by ToddBaesen » Mon May 12, 2008 1:23 am
Tony:
Unfortunately, I think you are mis-reading Welles own intentions, and also what the authors of ORSON WELLES AT WORK are saying.
As we all know, a film director in Hollywood, until Orson Welles came along in 1941, was an artist for hire. So CITIZEN KANE was a film that could not be re-cut by the studio. That Welles only had final cut on KANE in Hollywood is a very well known story, but after that, whenever he worked as a Hollywood director, he was a director for hire, so he knew that he would not have final cut. So all his Hollywood films can not be taken from his filmography, even if they were re-cut by the studio.
But when he worked on his own films, that were made for himself, he obviously knew he WOULD have the final cut. Or the option of not bringing out the film at all. Now while I'd love to see all the Welles footage from DON QUIXOTE that he shot, having seen the Franco version projected once, I must again say it would be a terrible mistake to release this, because there is simply nothing there to see. IT'S TERRIBLE! And if you make the Franco version an "official" DVD release, it will have the effect of never making a better version possible.
But the real point is, do you follow the intent of the artist or not. You clearly indicate you would not. So for instance, if Welles didn't like his cut of OTHELLO, today we wouldn't have that film to see either, as he would have been able to stop it's release. He could do so since he was financing the film himself. Likewise, since he never properly finished DON QUIXOTE, I believe he never wanted it to be seen. I think this is why it should not be released. I think the rushes and out takes should only be seen by scholars and by Welles fans at an archive, so we can really fathom what he was attempting to do. A DVD of the Franco version, as seen by the general public and reviewers who know next to nothing about the film and Welles career, would end up being very damaging to Welles reputation.
So the fine point here, and what I am really contesting, comes down to who is assembling the unfinished footage? A pro like Costa-Cavras or a hack like Jess Franco? It is my opinion, it would be far better to simply compile a DON QUIXOTE that was labeled as "scenes and partially edited rushes" than to present the Franco version of the film.
In any case, here's a telling story from Joe McBride, who related his thoughts about the Franco disaster at the recent screening of another unfinished Welles film, IT'S ALL TRUE, in Berkeley. The Spanish distributor of the Franco version of DON QUIXOTE apparently approached Roger Corman to see if he would be interested in bringing the Franco version out in America. Corman asked Joe McBride what he thought about the film, and McBride urged Corman NOT to release the film, as he felt it would be very damaging to Welles reputation.
Of course, even if dead artists no longer have any rights, their heirs certainly do, so if Beatrice decides to contest the awful mess that Jess Franco assembled out of DON QUIXOTE, I must say, I support her, for the very first time!
In fact, as TonyW suggests, I think I'll give her a call on Monday about stopping this DVD, because I'm sure a much better version could be compiled from the footage!
Unfortunately, I think you are mis-reading Welles own intentions, and also what the authors of ORSON WELLES AT WORK are saying.
As we all know, a film director in Hollywood, until Orson Welles came along in 1941, was an artist for hire. So CITIZEN KANE was a film that could not be re-cut by the studio. That Welles only had final cut on KANE in Hollywood is a very well known story, but after that, whenever he worked as a Hollywood director, he was a director for hire, so he knew that he would not have final cut. So all his Hollywood films can not be taken from his filmography, even if they were re-cut by the studio.
But when he worked on his own films, that were made for himself, he obviously knew he WOULD have the final cut. Or the option of not bringing out the film at all. Now while I'd love to see all the Welles footage from DON QUIXOTE that he shot, having seen the Franco version projected once, I must again say it would be a terrible mistake to release this, because there is simply nothing there to see. IT'S TERRIBLE! And if you make the Franco version an "official" DVD release, it will have the effect of never making a better version possible.
But the real point is, do you follow the intent of the artist or not. You clearly indicate you would not. So for instance, if Welles didn't like his cut of OTHELLO, today we wouldn't have that film to see either, as he would have been able to stop it's release. He could do so since he was financing the film himself. Likewise, since he never properly finished DON QUIXOTE, I believe he never wanted it to be seen. I think this is why it should not be released. I think the rushes and out takes should only be seen by scholars and by Welles fans at an archive, so we can really fathom what he was attempting to do. A DVD of the Franco version, as seen by the general public and reviewers who know next to nothing about the film and Welles career, would end up being very damaging to Welles reputation.
So the fine point here, and what I am really contesting, comes down to who is assembling the unfinished footage? A pro like Costa-Cavras or a hack like Jess Franco? It is my opinion, it would be far better to simply compile a DON QUIXOTE that was labeled as "scenes and partially edited rushes" than to present the Franco version of the film.
In any case, here's a telling story from Joe McBride, who related his thoughts about the Franco disaster at the recent screening of another unfinished Welles film, IT'S ALL TRUE, in Berkeley. The Spanish distributor of the Franco version of DON QUIXOTE apparently approached Roger Corman to see if he would be interested in bringing the Franco version out in America. Corman asked Joe McBride what he thought about the film, and McBride urged Corman NOT to release the film, as he felt it would be very damaging to Welles reputation.
Of course, even if dead artists no longer have any rights, their heirs certainly do, so if Beatrice decides to contest the awful mess that Jess Franco assembled out of DON QUIXOTE, I must say, I support her, for the very first time!
In fact, as TonyW suggests, I think I'll give her a call on Monday about stopping this DVD, because I'm sure a much better version could be compiled from the footage!
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by Store Hadji » Mon May 12, 2008 1:41 am
Syd Barrett burned each of his canvases when he had finished painting them. He too apparently was all about the creative process and found the end result to be dead.
Welles should have burned all the footage of Quixote. Since he didn't, I'd rather see some assemblage of it than second-guess his intentions and conclude he never wanted to release it. The final word I heard him speak on the matter was in a clip from FILMING THE TRIAL, in which he said the film would be called WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO FINISH DON QUIXOTE.
Welles didn't say he wasn't going to release it. He didn't burn the footage. That's enough to justify an assembly of it.
Welles should have burned all the footage of Quixote. Since he didn't, I'd rather see some assemblage of it than second-guess his intentions and conclude he never wanted to release it. The final word I heard him speak on the matter was in a clip from FILMING THE TRIAL, in which he said the film would be called WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO FINISH DON QUIXOTE.
Welles didn't say he wasn't going to release it. He didn't burn the footage. That's enough to justify an assembly of it.
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by tonyw » Mon May 12, 2008 4:51 pm
Store Hadji wrote:Syd Barrett burned each of his canvases when he had finished painting them. He too apparently was all about the creative process and found the end result to be dead.
Welles didn't say he wasn't going to release it. He didn't burn the footage. That's enough to justify an assembly of it.
Barrett destroyed his canvases well before he died. Welles died suddenly. I think the point is WHO should do the assembly and from what I've see of Franco's version it was certainly not him. At least, Roger Corman took Joe McBride's advice and I think the footage should remain in the archives until Bonnani has the opportunity to work on his own edit. Just think what David Thomson, the Pauline Kael groupies are going to make of the DVD Franco version. "We were right, after all!" This is going to do immense damage to Welles's reputation, hinder the completion of TOSTW, and make fund-raising for the preservation of the additional scenes of IT'S ALL TRUE virtually impossible so that all that will remain is vinegar.
The point is not that nobody should see the footage but that the work of a hack given DVD release will reverse the re-evaluation of Welles that has been going on for several decades.
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by Tony » Tue May 13, 2008 2:57 am
tonyw:
I agree with many of your points, and disagree with others. I would love to see a reasonable edit of DQ, made from better negatives, with better pacing, with appropriate dubbing, with the Patty McCormick scenes, with better editing, without the added zooms, with appropriate music, without the documentary footage, etc. but I'm not holding my breath. In fact, as I mentioned on this board a while ago, apparently Mauro has lost the law-suit against Oja so he must give up his material. Of course, this could break both ways: another better edit could be made incorporating the McCormick material, or Oja will just store it, maintaining her position that the McCormick material should never be used according to Welles's later ideas. Now, Oja doesn't have a few million dollars to finance another version (the Franco cost 3 million- back in 1992!) and the Spanish government isn't likely to want to spend another several million to please affecionados, so- having a few poorly dubbed and edited bits of DQ along with a few sections actually edited and dubbed by him is in my estimation better than nothing, at least until someone else with a few million dollars comes along and gets all the proper permissions and puts together another version. In addition, since Oja was willed all the unfinished films including DQ, it is my guess that the coming legal release of Franco's DQ on Image dvd is probably a deal made with her, but it could also be an agreement made with the Spanish government as I believe Oja sold the rights to the Spanish Cinemateque (a government agency) back in 1992.
You write: " Likewise, since he never properly finished DON QUIXOTE, I believe he never wanted it to be seen. I think this is why it should not be released." But didn't Welles also not finish The Other Side of the Wind and ask Bogdanovich to finish it if Welles died before he could do so? So he was not averse to someone finishing an unfinished project, especially if it was someone he trusted. But then does that mean that Bogdanovich would be the best person to put together TOSOTW? What if there was someone superior to Bogdanovich- shouldn't that person be used instead? What would Welles think of this superior person, whom he never met- would he have approved? It all gets rather silly, don't you think?
Speculating what the dead would have wanted is, I think, a mug's game; the dead artist has no rights, and the living just have to do the best they can.
Or we can destroy all of Welles's unfinished works, and Max Brod should have not broken his promise to Kafka and should have destroyed all those masterpieces, and all the unfinshed masterpieces in history should have been, and should be, destroyed.
Hmmmmm......
I agree with many of your points, and disagree with others. I would love to see a reasonable edit of DQ, made from better negatives, with better pacing, with appropriate dubbing, with the Patty McCormick scenes, with better editing, without the added zooms, with appropriate music, without the documentary footage, etc. but I'm not holding my breath. In fact, as I mentioned on this board a while ago, apparently Mauro has lost the law-suit against Oja so he must give up his material. Of course, this could break both ways: another better edit could be made incorporating the McCormick material, or Oja will just store it, maintaining her position that the McCormick material should never be used according to Welles's later ideas. Now, Oja doesn't have a few million dollars to finance another version (the Franco cost 3 million- back in 1992!) and the Spanish government isn't likely to want to spend another several million to please affecionados, so- having a few poorly dubbed and edited bits of DQ along with a few sections actually edited and dubbed by him is in my estimation better than nothing, at least until someone else with a few million dollars comes along and gets all the proper permissions and puts together another version. In addition, since Oja was willed all the unfinished films including DQ, it is my guess that the coming legal release of Franco's DQ on Image dvd is probably a deal made with her, but it could also be an agreement made with the Spanish government as I believe Oja sold the rights to the Spanish Cinemateque (a government agency) back in 1992.
You write: " Likewise, since he never properly finished DON QUIXOTE, I believe he never wanted it to be seen. I think this is why it should not be released." But didn't Welles also not finish The Other Side of the Wind and ask Bogdanovich to finish it if Welles died before he could do so? So he was not averse to someone finishing an unfinished project, especially if it was someone he trusted. But then does that mean that Bogdanovich would be the best person to put together TOSOTW? What if there was someone superior to Bogdanovich- shouldn't that person be used instead? What would Welles think of this superior person, whom he never met- would he have approved? It all gets rather silly, don't you think?
Speculating what the dead would have wanted is, I think, a mug's game; the dead artist has no rights, and the living just have to do the best they can.
Or we can destroy all of Welles's unfinished works, and Max Brod should have not broken his promise to Kafka and should have destroyed all those masterpieces, and all the unfinshed masterpieces in history should have been, and should be, destroyed.
Hmmmmm......
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by tonyw » Tue May 13, 2008 3:50 pm
Tony, A distinct difference exists between PB and Jess Franco. For all his faults, PB never directed anything as dire as JF. However, this may all now be in the realm of speculation since Beatrice now appears to resemble that archetypal cop who is never around when you really want one.
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by mido505 » Wed May 14, 2008 10:34 am
Well, I for one can rattle off five or ten Franco titles that I would find, on a rainy Sunday afternoon, more entertaining than Daisy Miller, At Long Last Love, Illegally Yours, Noises Off, or Hustle. And I doubt that Franco spent, on all 187 of his credited films combined, as much as Bogdanovich LOST on Daisy Miller, At Long Last Love, and Nickelodeon.
I think all of us, including robertdavidmonell, can agree that Franco was the wrong choice to edit DQ. But the operative word here is CHOICE. Franco did not solicit the work, he was chosen for it.
As Sgt. Joe Friday put it so eloquently, "Just the facts, Ma'am." Here are a few facts:
Oja Kodar, Welles' companion for the last 20 or so years of his life, and the person who presumably would know best his wishes and intentions, legally controls Welles' uncompleted projects, as per his will. She sold the rights to DQ to the Spanish government. Here is the quotation from Oja: "I did sell the material to the Spanish Minister of Culture..." Not gave, sold. For cash money.
Evidently, producer Patxi Irigoren then lined up Franco for the project, WITH OJA'S FULL APPROVAL. Here is the relevant quotation:
"LAWRENCE FRENCH: When you gave the Don Quixote footage to the Spanish minister of culture, did you know that Jess Franco was going to be the one editing the footage?
OJA KODAR: Yes, and at the time I thought he’d probably be one of the best people to help. He had worked with Orson, he’s a cultured man who knows Cervantes, and he actually loved Orson, but I don’t know what happened."
Now, Oja Kodar, Orson's bosom companion and protector of his legacy, has just sold the extant footage of her boyfriend's most personal project to the Spanish government. Does she do a little research? Does she make any effort to ensure that the project is handled with the care and diligence that it deserves? No. Here's an idea, how about picking up the phone:
Ring Ring
PETER BOGDANOVICH: Hello?
OJA: Peter, it's Oja. I've just sold DQ to the Spanish Minishry of Culture, and they want Jess Franco to edit it. Is he the man for the job?
PB: No!
Oja: O.K. Peter, thanks!
Here's another one:
Ring Ring
JONATHAN ROSENBAUM: Hello?
OJA: Jon, it's Oja. I've just sold DQ to the Spanish Minishry of Culture, and they want Jess Franco to edit it. Is he the man for the job?
JR: Jesus, Oja, no! Franco is the biggest hack in Spanish cinema!
OJA: O.K. Jon, thanks!
Oja did give herself an out if they bungled the job, she retained the English language rights to the footage. The relevant quotation:
"Right now, they cannot sell the film, or give it do a distributor without my authorization. I did sell the material to the Spanish Minister of Culture, but I was afraid that it was going to get out of my hands, and my lawyer was smart enough to make sure I had to authorize the final version of whatever they came up with."
Now that Image is releasing an English language DVD of DQ, it must be with Oja's permission. It cannot be otherwise, legally. If this release is just the Franco cut with no improvements, Oja's need for cash must have overridden her deep concern for Orson's artistic legacy. Where have we heard that before?
Jess Franco is a red herring in this drama. He is what he is. The real problem is with Orson's friends: Oja, who sold away Orson's most personal project and then pretty much abandoned it; Oja, who has hitherto refused to allow the Patty McCormack footage in any cut of DQ; Oja, who is demanding that TOSOTW contain all of her stuff; Oja, who presided over Orson's commercial decline; Peter Bogdanovich, who screwed Orson out of the Saint Jack directing job; PB, who has demanded an ungodly fee for the TOSOTW restoration project, which has gotten no where. Even Graver tried to sell Orson's Oscar. These are the people we should be holding accountable.
Very interesting things have been happening in Orson Land over the last couple of months. Tons of stuff that have been, up until now, very difficult to see, or available only in badly degraded versions, are showing up regularly on Youtube. Chimes is there. Othello is there. Filming Othello. Portrait of Gina. The Orson Welles Show. Sketchbook. The Magic Show. Some of DQ. A scene from The Deep. Jaglom and Mazursky from TOSOTW. Hearts of Age. Fountain of Youth. Tons of commercials and interviews. Either Oja has smartened up, or someone has gotten hold of the contents of Gary Graver's garage. Whatever the case, I am grateful for all of it. And I will be grateful for the Image DVD, no matter what it is, because it will be something, rather than nothing.
Finally, I disagree that an English language release of the Franco DQ edit will preclude a better version being made available. It might spur it. A year ago, did any of us expect a DVD release of TOE with all three cuts on it? This release might be a testing of the waters, as it were, to see what kind of commercial interest is out there for DQ. Boycotting this release just might have the opposite of the intended effect. Just a thought...
I think all of us, including robertdavidmonell, can agree that Franco was the wrong choice to edit DQ. But the operative word here is CHOICE. Franco did not solicit the work, he was chosen for it.
As Sgt. Joe Friday put it so eloquently, "Just the facts, Ma'am." Here are a few facts:
Oja Kodar, Welles' companion for the last 20 or so years of his life, and the person who presumably would know best his wishes and intentions, legally controls Welles' uncompleted projects, as per his will. She sold the rights to DQ to the Spanish government. Here is the quotation from Oja: "I did sell the material to the Spanish Minister of Culture..." Not gave, sold. For cash money.
Evidently, producer Patxi Irigoren then lined up Franco for the project, WITH OJA'S FULL APPROVAL. Here is the relevant quotation:
"LAWRENCE FRENCH: When you gave the Don Quixote footage to the Spanish minister of culture, did you know that Jess Franco was going to be the one editing the footage?
OJA KODAR: Yes, and at the time I thought he’d probably be one of the best people to help. He had worked with Orson, he’s a cultured man who knows Cervantes, and he actually loved Orson, but I don’t know what happened."
Now, Oja Kodar, Orson's bosom companion and protector of his legacy, has just sold the extant footage of her boyfriend's most personal project to the Spanish government. Does she do a little research? Does she make any effort to ensure that the project is handled with the care and diligence that it deserves? No. Here's an idea, how about picking up the phone:
Ring Ring
PETER BOGDANOVICH: Hello?
OJA: Peter, it's Oja. I've just sold DQ to the Spanish Minishry of Culture, and they want Jess Franco to edit it. Is he the man for the job?
PB: No!
Oja: O.K. Peter, thanks!
Here's another one:
Ring Ring
JONATHAN ROSENBAUM: Hello?
OJA: Jon, it's Oja. I've just sold DQ to the Spanish Minishry of Culture, and they want Jess Franco to edit it. Is he the man for the job?
JR: Jesus, Oja, no! Franco is the biggest hack in Spanish cinema!
OJA: O.K. Jon, thanks!
Oja did give herself an out if they bungled the job, she retained the English language rights to the footage. The relevant quotation:
"Right now, they cannot sell the film, or give it do a distributor without my authorization. I did sell the material to the Spanish Minister of Culture, but I was afraid that it was going to get out of my hands, and my lawyer was smart enough to make sure I had to authorize the final version of whatever they came up with."
Now that Image is releasing an English language DVD of DQ, it must be with Oja's permission. It cannot be otherwise, legally. If this release is just the Franco cut with no improvements, Oja's need for cash must have overridden her deep concern for Orson's artistic legacy. Where have we heard that before?
Jess Franco is a red herring in this drama. He is what he is. The real problem is with Orson's friends: Oja, who sold away Orson's most personal project and then pretty much abandoned it; Oja, who has hitherto refused to allow the Patty McCormack footage in any cut of DQ; Oja, who is demanding that TOSOTW contain all of her stuff; Oja, who presided over Orson's commercial decline; Peter Bogdanovich, who screwed Orson out of the Saint Jack directing job; PB, who has demanded an ungodly fee for the TOSOTW restoration project, which has gotten no where. Even Graver tried to sell Orson's Oscar. These are the people we should be holding accountable.
Very interesting things have been happening in Orson Land over the last couple of months. Tons of stuff that have been, up until now, very difficult to see, or available only in badly degraded versions, are showing up regularly on Youtube. Chimes is there. Othello is there. Filming Othello. Portrait of Gina. The Orson Welles Show. Sketchbook. The Magic Show. Some of DQ. A scene from The Deep. Jaglom and Mazursky from TOSOTW. Hearts of Age. Fountain of Youth. Tons of commercials and interviews. Either Oja has smartened up, or someone has gotten hold of the contents of Gary Graver's garage. Whatever the case, I am grateful for all of it. And I will be grateful for the Image DVD, no matter what it is, because it will be something, rather than nothing.
Finally, I disagree that an English language release of the Franco DQ edit will preclude a better version being made available. It might spur it. A year ago, did any of us expect a DVD release of TOE with all three cuts on it? This release might be a testing of the waters, as it were, to see what kind of commercial interest is out there for DQ. Boycotting this release just might have the opposite of the intended effect. Just a thought...
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by Tony » Wed May 14, 2008 3:37 pm
Mido; thanks for a very entertaining and informative post! I'd just like to add a couple of comments:
1. True, Gary wanted to sell the Oscar, but he was dying and needed some money; I don't think we can question his loyalty to Welles.
2. Here's a controversial opinion: Franco didn't do that bad a job on DQ, given the conditions he was working in: if he had only had some more time, he could have gotten better prints. He should have gotten a better speaker who sounded more like Welles. Adding the windmills wasn't so bad, as you can hardly have a DQ without a windmill. I think his biggest artistic error was including the material from the documentary "In the Land of Don Quixote" (the one by Welles), but to an extent Franco had to do that as Beatrice wouldn't allow the use of the Mccormick material, the original framing device. And the long sequence at the end of Sancho searching for the Don should have been cut down in length, but the material was all shot by Welles, and "It's All True" could be charged with the same fault.
So really, working under the gun of an impossibly tight schedule which had been imposed on him, I think Franco didn't do that bad a job. Of course, improvements should be made, as I said above, and a much better version should be put together. But the Franco version is now part of the Welles ouvre, and has been the only way the world could see any DQ since 1992, that is until the recent You-tube appearance of the Mccormick cinema scene.
3. I have it from a reliable source that there will be an extra on the Image DVD which should be enjoyable, but I can't say any more at this time and will try to confirm this plan as actual.
1. True, Gary wanted to sell the Oscar, but he was dying and needed some money; I don't think we can question his loyalty to Welles.
2. Here's a controversial opinion: Franco didn't do that bad a job on DQ, given the conditions he was working in: if he had only had some more time, he could have gotten better prints. He should have gotten a better speaker who sounded more like Welles. Adding the windmills wasn't so bad, as you can hardly have a DQ without a windmill. I think his biggest artistic error was including the material from the documentary "In the Land of Don Quixote" (the one by Welles), but to an extent Franco had to do that as Beatrice wouldn't allow the use of the Mccormick material, the original framing device. And the long sequence at the end of Sancho searching for the Don should have been cut down in length, but the material was all shot by Welles, and "It's All True" could be charged with the same fault.
So really, working under the gun of an impossibly tight schedule which had been imposed on him, I think Franco didn't do that bad a job. Of course, improvements should be made, as I said above, and a much better version should be put together. But the Franco version is now part of the Welles ouvre, and has been the only way the world could see any DQ since 1992, that is until the recent You-tube appearance of the Mccormick cinema scene.
3. I have it from a reliable source that there will be an extra on the Image DVD which should be enjoyable, but I can't say any more at this time and will try to confirm this plan as actual.
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by mido505 » Wed May 14, 2008 11:26 pm
Thanks, Tony. I do agree with you about Graver; he was a loyal colleague and true friend to Orson; and was, by all accounts, a genuinely decent man. Can't wait to hear details about that 'tidbit'!
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by MartynH » Sat May 17, 2008 9:53 am
Here's something to bear in mind about DQ.
The footage with Welles narration was, at some point, going to be in the film as Welles wouldn't have gone to the trouble of narrating it.
There is one scene that would have had to have been in the final cut as it is so key, and it's the one where the Don is caged and ready to be taken back home and this section does have Welles narration in it.
The footage with Welles narration was, at some point, going to be in the film as Welles wouldn't have gone to the trouble of narrating it.
There is one scene that would have had to have been in the final cut as it is so key, and it's the one where the Don is caged and ready to be taken back home and this section does have Welles narration in it.
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by Alan Brody » Sat May 17, 2008 12:14 pm
I think the biggest mistake of the Franco version is that they used the Welles narration even though it was incomplete. The effect of cutting back and forth between the Welles voiceovers and the non-Welles voices is too jarring. They should have just done the whole thing with the non-Welles voices so that it would have been all of a piece. The scenes with Welles's voice could then have been included as an extra on the DVD.
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Welles Films in 35mm at Franco Retrospective
by robertdavidmonell » Sun May 18, 2008 10:49 am
The CINEMATHEQUE FRANCAISE in Paris will be showing 35mm prints Franco's version of DON QUIJOTE and Welles's FALSTAFF (which Franco worked on as a 2nd unit dir) this summer as part of their huge Jess Franco Retrospective. For both Welles and Jess Franco fans here is a listing from the CF site:
[I'll be discussing this DON QUIJOTE DE ORSON WELLES controversy on my Jess Franco blog soon and my upcoming Jess Franco book, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MIRROR: THE WORLD OF JESS FRANCO), it should be interesting to see them in 35mm. One must remember that Welles did not want to release CHIMES/FALSTAFF and it would have been yet another "unfinished" but had to in the end. I'm glad it was released, soundtrack flaws and all. Jess Franco was Welles' partner at the time on CHIMES and TREASURE ISLAND, which Franco was to direct. He argued for the [flawed] release version of CHIMES, which Welles wanted to re edit and resynch; but he might have never finished it. Welles finally broke with Franco and probably would be totally horrified by Franco's DON QUIJOTE DE ORSON WELLES. In a way, the CINEMATHEQUE is validating Franco's version for the time being and I do hope the DVD shows up. All of this will ultimately spur interest in creating a definitive version from the existing elements. Robert Monell]
[Thanks to THE LATARNIA FORUMS: THE FRANCO LOUNGE for initially posting a link to this]
Imprimer JESS FRANCODu 18 juin au 31 juillet
Considéré comme un des maîtres du cinéma d'épouvante espagnol, Jesús Franco a réalisé près de 200 films, souvent avec des budgets dérisoires, destinés essentiellement aux salles de quartier à partir du début des années 1960. Poète érotomane, c'est un expérimentateur fou et inspiré, volontiers libre adaptateur de Sade, qui adore aligner de longues et fascinantes séquences érotiques détachées de tout récit, tels de longs chorus mélodiques.
077 - OPERATION SEXY - JESS FRANCO - 1962 - 93'
Samedi 28 Juin 2008 - 15h00 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
LES AMAZONES DE LA LUXURE (MACISTE CONTRE LA REINE DES AMAZONES) - CLIFFORD BROWN (JESS FRANCO) - 1973 - 84'
Jeudi 10 Juillet 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
THE BLOOD OF FU MANCHU - JESS FRANCO - 1967 - 82'
Dimanche 13 Juillet 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - Version Allemande STF - 35mm
BLUE RITA (LE CABARET DES FILLES PERVERSES) - JESS FRANCO - 1977 - 77'
Mercredi 2 Juillet 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
LES BRULANTES - JESS FRANCO - 1968 - 84'
Mercredi 9 Juillet 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
CAMP EROTIQUE (CAMP D'AMOUR POUR MERCENAIRES) - JESS FRANCO - 1977 - 71'
Lundi 7 Juillet 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
CARTES SUR TABLE - JESS FRANCO - 1966 - 94'
Lundi 7 Juillet 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
THE CASTLE OF FU-MANCHU - JESS FRANCO - 1968 - 85'
Dimanche 13 Juillet 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - Version Allemande STF - 35mm
LES CAUCHEMARS NAISSENT LA NUIT - JESS FRANCO - 1970 - 85'
Samedi 19 Juillet 2008 - 19h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VF - 35mm
CHASSE A LA MAFIA - JESUS FRANCO (JESS FRANCO) - 1963 - 101'
Dimanche 29 Juin 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
CHRISTINA PRINCESSE DE L'EROTISME / UNE VIERGE CHEZ LES MORTS-VIVANTS - JESS FRANCO - 1971 - 73'
CHRISTINA PRINCESSE DE L'EROTISME (UNE VIERGE CHEZ LES MORTS-VIVANTS)
Jeudi 24 Juillet 2008 - 19h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VF - 35mm
LA COMTESSE AUX SEINS NUS / LES AVALEUSES - J.P. JOHNSON (JESS FRANCO) - 1973 - 84'
LA COMTESSE AUX SEINS NUS (LES AVALEUSES)
Samedi 21 Juin 2008 - 14h30 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
LA COMTESSE PERVERSE / LES CROQUEUSES - CLIFFORD BROWN (JESS FRANCO) - 1973 - 72'
LA COMTESSE PERVERSE (LES CROQUEUSES)
Mercredi 23 Juillet 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - 35mm
LE CRI D'AMOUR DE LA DEESSE BLONDE - JESS FRANCO - 1977 - 83'
Mercredi 23 Juillet 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
CRIMES DANS L'EXTASE - FRANK HOLLMANN (JESS FRANCO) - 1970 - 73'
Vendredi 27 Juin 2008 - 21h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 35mm
LA CRYPTE DES FEMMES MAUDITES - JESS FRANCO - 2008 - 180'
Samedi 26 Juillet 2008 - 20h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - Vidéo
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
CUADECUC - PERE PORTABELLA - 1969 - 91'
Lundi 30 Juin 2008 - 17h00 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
ÇA BARDE CHEZ LES MIGNONNES - JESS FRANCO - 1967 - 90'
Jeudi 10 Juillet 2008 - 17h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VF - 35mm
DANS LES GRIFFES DU MANIAQUE - JESS FRANCO - 1965 - 87'
Jeudi 19 Juin 2008 - 19h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 35mm
LES DEMONS DU SEXE - CLIFFORD BROWN (JESS FRANCO) - 1972 - 104'
Jeudi 17 Juillet 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
DES FRISSONS SUR LA PEAU (TENDRE ET PERVERSE EMMANUELLE) - J.P. JOHNSON (JESS FRANCO) - 1973 - 68'
Dimanche 27 Juillet 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
DEUX SOEURS VICIEUSES - JESS FRANCO - 1977 - 84'
Samedi 19 Juillet 2008 - 21h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
DON QUIJOTE PAR ORSON WELLES - JESS FRANCO - 1992 - 116'
Lundi 30 Juin 2008 - 21h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 35mm
DR. WONG'S VIRTUAL HELL - JESS FRANCO - 1998 - 97'
Dimanche 20 Juillet 2008 - 15h00 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - Vidéo
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
DRACULA PRISONNIER DE FRANKENSTEIN - JESS FRANCO - 1972 - 82'
Mercredi 9 Juillet 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
LES EBRANLEES / LA MAISON DU VICE - CLIFFORD BROWN (JESS FRANCO) - 1972 - 80'
LES EBRANLEES (LA MAISON DU VICE)
Dimanche 27 Juillet 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - 35mm
ESCLAVES DE L'AMOUR / FRAUEN FÜR ZELLENBLOCK 9 - JESS FRANCO - 1977 - 75'
ESCLAVES DE L'AMOUR (FRAUEN FÜR ZELLENBLOCK 9)
Mercredi 30 Juillet 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
EUGENIE - JESS FRANCO - 1970 - 84'
Lundi 23 Juin 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
LES EXPERIENCES EROTIQUES DE FRANKENSTEIN - JESS FRANCO - 1972 - 90'
Jeudi 10 Juillet 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
FALSTAFF - JESS FRANCO, ORSON WELLES - 1965 - 114'
Mercredi 20 Février 2008 - 21h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 35mm
Mercredi 9 Juillet 2008 - 17h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 35mm
FEMMES EN CAGE (FRANCO) - JESUS FRANCO (JESS FRANCO) - 1975 - 81'
Dimanche 22 Juin 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
LA FILLE DE DRACULA - JESS FRANCO - 1972 - 81'
Samedi 28 Juin 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
LES GLOUTONNES / LES EXPLOITS EROTIQUES DE MACISTE DANS L'ATLANTIDE - CLIFFORD BROWN (JESS FRANCO) - 1973 - 87'
LES GLOUTONNES (LES EXPLOITS EROTIQUES DE MACISTE DANS L'ATLANTIDE)
Lundi 21 Juillet 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
L'HORRIBLE DOCTEUR ORLOF - JESS FRANCO - 1961 - 86'
Jeudi 7 Décembre 2006 - 17h30 - SALLE JEAN EPSTEIN - VF - 35mm
Vendredi 20 Juin 2008 - 19h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VF - 35mm
LES INASSOUVIES - JESS FRANCO - 1969 - 81'
Jeudi 19 Juin 2008 - 21h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VF - 35mm
LES INFORTUNES DE LA VERTU - JESUS FRANCO (JESS FRANCO) - 1968 - 105'
Samedi 12 Juillet 2008 - 21h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 35mm
JACK L'EVENTREUR - JESUS FRANCO (JESS FRANCO) - 1976 - 95'
Vendredi 20 Juin 2008 - 21h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 35mm
LE JAGUAR - JESS FRANCO - 1963 - 90'
Mercredi 2 Juillet 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
KILLER BARBYS VS. DRACULA - JESS FRANCO - 2002 - 90'
Vendredi 25 Juillet 2008 - 17h00 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - Vidéo
KISS ME MONSTER - JESS FRANCO - 1967 - 83'
Mercredi 16 Juillet 2008 - 19h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 35mm
LETTRES D'AMOUR D'UNE NONNE PORTUGAISE - JESS FRANCO - 1976 - 82'
Jeudi 26 Juin 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
LOS OJOS SINIESTROS DEL DR ORLOFF - JESS FRANCO - 1972 - 82'
Lundi 21 Juillet 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
LES MAITRESSES DU DR. JEKYLL - JESS FRANCK (JESS FRANCO) - 1964 - 92'
Vendredi 27 Juin 2008 - 19h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 35mm
MARIQUITA, FILLE DDE TABARIN / LA BELLE DE TABARIN - JESS FRANCO - 1960 - 83'
MARIQUITA, FILLE DDE TABARIN (LA BELLE DE TABARIN)
Lundi 30 Juin 2008 - 19h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VF - 35mm
MIDNIGHT PARTY / LA PARTOUZE DE MINUIT - JESS FRANCO - 1976 - 75'
MIDNIGHT PARTY (LA PARTOUZE DE MINUIT)
Mercredi 16 Juillet 2008 - 21h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
LE MIROIR OBSCENE - JESS FRANCO - 1974 - 84'
Dimanche 20 Juillet 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
NECRONOMICON - JESS FRANCO - 1967 - 84'
Mercredi 18 Juin 2008 - 20h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VASTF - 35mm
NEVROSE / LA CHUTE DE LA MAISON USHER - JESS FRANCO - 1983 - 92'
NEVROSE (LA CHUTE DE LA MAISON USHER)
Dimanche 22 Juin 2008 - 17h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VF - 35mm
LES NUITS BRULANTES DE LINDA / MAIS QUI DONC A VIOLE LINDA? - J.P. JOHNSON (JESS FRANCO) - 1973 - 70'
LES NUITS BRULANTES DE LINDA (MAIS QUI DONC A VIOLE LINDA?)
Lundi 28 Juillet 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
LES NUITS DE DRACULA - JESS FRANCO - 1969 - 96'
Samedi 28 Juin 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
OPERATION LEVRES ROUGES - JESS FRANCO - 1960 - 96'
Dimanche 22 Juin 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
LE PENITENCIER DES FEMMES PERVERSES - JESS FRANCO - 1977 - 90'
Dimanche 29 Juin 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
PLAISIR A TROIS - CLIFFORD BROWN (JESS FRANCO) - 1974 - 76'
Mercredi 25 Juin 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - 35mm
LE PORTRAIT DE DORIANA GRAY - JESS FRANCO - 1976 - 76'
Jeudi 24 Juillet 2008 - 21h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
LES PREDATEURS DE LA NUIT - JESS FRANCO - 1988 - 99'
Samedi 12 Juillet 2008 - 17h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - 35mm
LES PUTAINS DE LA VILLE BASSE - WOLFGANG FRANK (JESS FRANCO) - 1975 - 83'
Mercredi 30 Juillet 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
QUARTIER DE FEMMES - JESS FRANCO - 1972 - 91'
Dimanche 20 Juillet 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
ROTE LIPPEN, SADISTEROTICA - JESS FRANCO - 1967 - 92'
Samedi 12 Juillet 2008 - 19h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 35mm
LE SADIQUE BARON VON KLAUS / LE SADIQUE - JESS FRANCO - 1962 - 95'
LE SADIQUE BARON VON KLAUS (LE SADIQUE)
Jeudi 26 Juin 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
LE SADIQUE DE NOTRE DAME - J.P. JOHNSON (JESS FRANCO) - 99'
Lundi 23 Juin 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
SHINING SEX / LA FILLE AU SEXE BRILLANT - DAN L. SIMON (JESS FRANCO) - 1975 - 92'
SHINING SEX (LA FILLE AU SEXE BRILLANT)
Lundi 28 Juillet 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
SNAKEWOMAN - JESUS FRANCO (JESS FRANCO) - 2005 - 98'
Samedi 19 Juillet 2008 - 15h00 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
TENEMOS 18 ANOS - JESS FRANCO - 1959 - 91'
Mercredi 25 Juin 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
LE TRONE DE FEU - FRANCO MANERA (JESS FRANCO) - 1969 - 95'
Jeudi 17 Juillet 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
VAMPIRE BLUES - JESS FRANCO - 1999 - 91'
Jeudi 31 Juillet 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - Vidéo
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
VAMPIRE JUNCTION - JESS FRANCO - 2001 - 94'
Jeudi 31 Juillet 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - Vidéo
VAMPIROS LESBOS / SEXUALITE SPECIALE - FRANCO MANERA (JESS FRANCO) - 1971 - 89'
VAMPIROS LESBOS (SEXUALITE SPECIALE)
Samedi 21 Juin 2008 - 19h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 35mm
VENUS IN FURS - JESS FRANCO - 1969 - 87'
Samedi 21 Juin 2008 - 21h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 16mm
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[I'll be discussing this DON QUIJOTE DE ORSON WELLES controversy on my Jess Franco blog soon and my upcoming Jess Franco book, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MIRROR: THE WORLD OF JESS FRANCO), it should be interesting to see them in 35mm. One must remember that Welles did not want to release CHIMES/FALSTAFF and it would have been yet another "unfinished" but had to in the end. I'm glad it was released, soundtrack flaws and all. Jess Franco was Welles' partner at the time on CHIMES and TREASURE ISLAND, which Franco was to direct. He argued for the [flawed] release version of CHIMES, which Welles wanted to re edit and resynch; but he might have never finished it. Welles finally broke with Franco and probably would be totally horrified by Franco's DON QUIJOTE DE ORSON WELLES. In a way, the CINEMATHEQUE is validating Franco's version for the time being and I do hope the DVD shows up. All of this will ultimately spur interest in creating a definitive version from the existing elements. Robert Monell]
[Thanks to THE LATARNIA FORUMS: THE FRANCO LOUNGE for initially posting a link to this]
Imprimer JESS FRANCODu 18 juin au 31 juillet
Considéré comme un des maîtres du cinéma d'épouvante espagnol, Jesús Franco a réalisé près de 200 films, souvent avec des budgets dérisoires, destinés essentiellement aux salles de quartier à partir du début des années 1960. Poète érotomane, c'est un expérimentateur fou et inspiré, volontiers libre adaptateur de Sade, qui adore aligner de longues et fascinantes séquences érotiques détachées de tout récit, tels de longs chorus mélodiques.
077 - OPERATION SEXY - JESS FRANCO - 1962 - 93'
Samedi 28 Juin 2008 - 15h00 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
LES AMAZONES DE LA LUXURE (MACISTE CONTRE LA REINE DES AMAZONES) - CLIFFORD BROWN (JESS FRANCO) - 1973 - 84'
Jeudi 10 Juillet 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
THE BLOOD OF FU MANCHU - JESS FRANCO - 1967 - 82'
Dimanche 13 Juillet 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - Version Allemande STF - 35mm
BLUE RITA (LE CABARET DES FILLES PERVERSES) - JESS FRANCO - 1977 - 77'
Mercredi 2 Juillet 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
LES BRULANTES - JESS FRANCO - 1968 - 84'
Mercredi 9 Juillet 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
CAMP EROTIQUE (CAMP D'AMOUR POUR MERCENAIRES) - JESS FRANCO - 1977 - 71'
Lundi 7 Juillet 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
CARTES SUR TABLE - JESS FRANCO - 1966 - 94'
Lundi 7 Juillet 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
THE CASTLE OF FU-MANCHU - JESS FRANCO - 1968 - 85'
Dimanche 13 Juillet 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - Version Allemande STF - 35mm
LES CAUCHEMARS NAISSENT LA NUIT - JESS FRANCO - 1970 - 85'
Samedi 19 Juillet 2008 - 19h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VF - 35mm
CHASSE A LA MAFIA - JESUS FRANCO (JESS FRANCO) - 1963 - 101'
Dimanche 29 Juin 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
CHRISTINA PRINCESSE DE L'EROTISME / UNE VIERGE CHEZ LES MORTS-VIVANTS - JESS FRANCO - 1971 - 73'
CHRISTINA PRINCESSE DE L'EROTISME (UNE VIERGE CHEZ LES MORTS-VIVANTS)
Jeudi 24 Juillet 2008 - 19h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VF - 35mm
LA COMTESSE AUX SEINS NUS / LES AVALEUSES - J.P. JOHNSON (JESS FRANCO) - 1973 - 84'
LA COMTESSE AUX SEINS NUS (LES AVALEUSES)
Samedi 21 Juin 2008 - 14h30 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
LA COMTESSE PERVERSE / LES CROQUEUSES - CLIFFORD BROWN (JESS FRANCO) - 1973 - 72'
LA COMTESSE PERVERSE (LES CROQUEUSES)
Mercredi 23 Juillet 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - 35mm
LE CRI D'AMOUR DE LA DEESSE BLONDE - JESS FRANCO - 1977 - 83'
Mercredi 23 Juillet 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
CRIMES DANS L'EXTASE - FRANK HOLLMANN (JESS FRANCO) - 1970 - 73'
Vendredi 27 Juin 2008 - 21h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 35mm
LA CRYPTE DES FEMMES MAUDITES - JESS FRANCO - 2008 - 180'
Samedi 26 Juillet 2008 - 20h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - Vidéo
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
CUADECUC - PERE PORTABELLA - 1969 - 91'
Lundi 30 Juin 2008 - 17h00 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
ÇA BARDE CHEZ LES MIGNONNES - JESS FRANCO - 1967 - 90'
Jeudi 10 Juillet 2008 - 17h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VF - 35mm
DANS LES GRIFFES DU MANIAQUE - JESS FRANCO - 1965 - 87'
Jeudi 19 Juin 2008 - 19h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 35mm
LES DEMONS DU SEXE - CLIFFORD BROWN (JESS FRANCO) - 1972 - 104'
Jeudi 17 Juillet 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
DES FRISSONS SUR LA PEAU (TENDRE ET PERVERSE EMMANUELLE) - J.P. JOHNSON (JESS FRANCO) - 1973 - 68'
Dimanche 27 Juillet 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
DEUX SOEURS VICIEUSES - JESS FRANCO - 1977 - 84'
Samedi 19 Juillet 2008 - 21h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
DON QUIJOTE PAR ORSON WELLES - JESS FRANCO - 1992 - 116'
Lundi 30 Juin 2008 - 21h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 35mm
DR. WONG'S VIRTUAL HELL - JESS FRANCO - 1998 - 97'
Dimanche 20 Juillet 2008 - 15h00 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - Vidéo
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
DRACULA PRISONNIER DE FRANKENSTEIN - JESS FRANCO - 1972 - 82'
Mercredi 9 Juillet 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
LES EBRANLEES / LA MAISON DU VICE - CLIFFORD BROWN (JESS FRANCO) - 1972 - 80'
LES EBRANLEES (LA MAISON DU VICE)
Dimanche 27 Juillet 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - 35mm
ESCLAVES DE L'AMOUR / FRAUEN FÜR ZELLENBLOCK 9 - JESS FRANCO - 1977 - 75'
ESCLAVES DE L'AMOUR (FRAUEN FÜR ZELLENBLOCK 9)
Mercredi 30 Juillet 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
EUGENIE - JESS FRANCO - 1970 - 84'
Lundi 23 Juin 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
LES EXPERIENCES EROTIQUES DE FRANKENSTEIN - JESS FRANCO - 1972 - 90'
Jeudi 10 Juillet 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
FALSTAFF - JESS FRANCO, ORSON WELLES - 1965 - 114'
Mercredi 20 Février 2008 - 21h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 35mm
Mercredi 9 Juillet 2008 - 17h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 35mm
FEMMES EN CAGE (FRANCO) - JESUS FRANCO (JESS FRANCO) - 1975 - 81'
Dimanche 22 Juin 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
LA FILLE DE DRACULA - JESS FRANCO - 1972 - 81'
Samedi 28 Juin 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
LES GLOUTONNES / LES EXPLOITS EROTIQUES DE MACISTE DANS L'ATLANTIDE - CLIFFORD BROWN (JESS FRANCO) - 1973 - 87'
LES GLOUTONNES (LES EXPLOITS EROTIQUES DE MACISTE DANS L'ATLANTIDE)
Lundi 21 Juillet 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
L'HORRIBLE DOCTEUR ORLOF - JESS FRANCO - 1961 - 86'
Jeudi 7 Décembre 2006 - 17h30 - SALLE JEAN EPSTEIN - VF - 35mm
Vendredi 20 Juin 2008 - 19h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VF - 35mm
LES INASSOUVIES - JESS FRANCO - 1969 - 81'
Jeudi 19 Juin 2008 - 21h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VF - 35mm
LES INFORTUNES DE LA VERTU - JESUS FRANCO (JESS FRANCO) - 1968 - 105'
Samedi 12 Juillet 2008 - 21h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 35mm
JACK L'EVENTREUR - JESUS FRANCO (JESS FRANCO) - 1976 - 95'
Vendredi 20 Juin 2008 - 21h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 35mm
LE JAGUAR - JESS FRANCO - 1963 - 90'
Mercredi 2 Juillet 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
KILLER BARBYS VS. DRACULA - JESS FRANCO - 2002 - 90'
Vendredi 25 Juillet 2008 - 17h00 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - Vidéo
KISS ME MONSTER - JESS FRANCO - 1967 - 83'
Mercredi 16 Juillet 2008 - 19h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 35mm
LETTRES D'AMOUR D'UNE NONNE PORTUGAISE - JESS FRANCO - 1976 - 82'
Jeudi 26 Juin 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
LOS OJOS SINIESTROS DEL DR ORLOFF - JESS FRANCO - 1972 - 82'
Lundi 21 Juillet 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
LES MAITRESSES DU DR. JEKYLL - JESS FRANCK (JESS FRANCO) - 1964 - 92'
Vendredi 27 Juin 2008 - 19h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 35mm
MARIQUITA, FILLE DDE TABARIN / LA BELLE DE TABARIN - JESS FRANCO - 1960 - 83'
MARIQUITA, FILLE DDE TABARIN (LA BELLE DE TABARIN)
Lundi 30 Juin 2008 - 19h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VF - 35mm
MIDNIGHT PARTY / LA PARTOUZE DE MINUIT - JESS FRANCO - 1976 - 75'
MIDNIGHT PARTY (LA PARTOUZE DE MINUIT)
Mercredi 16 Juillet 2008 - 21h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
LE MIROIR OBSCENE - JESS FRANCO - 1974 - 84'
Dimanche 20 Juillet 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
NECRONOMICON - JESS FRANCO - 1967 - 84'
Mercredi 18 Juin 2008 - 20h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VASTF - 35mm
NEVROSE / LA CHUTE DE LA MAISON USHER - JESS FRANCO - 1983 - 92'
NEVROSE (LA CHUTE DE LA MAISON USHER)
Dimanche 22 Juin 2008 - 17h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VF - 35mm
LES NUITS BRULANTES DE LINDA / MAIS QUI DONC A VIOLE LINDA? - J.P. JOHNSON (JESS FRANCO) - 1973 - 70'
LES NUITS BRULANTES DE LINDA (MAIS QUI DONC A VIOLE LINDA?)
Lundi 28 Juillet 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
LES NUITS DE DRACULA - JESS FRANCO - 1969 - 96'
Samedi 28 Juin 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
OPERATION LEVRES ROUGES - JESS FRANCO - 1960 - 96'
Dimanche 22 Juin 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
LE PENITENCIER DES FEMMES PERVERSES - JESS FRANCO - 1977 - 90'
Dimanche 29 Juin 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
PLAISIR A TROIS - CLIFFORD BROWN (JESS FRANCO) - 1974 - 76'
Mercredi 25 Juin 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - 35mm
LE PORTRAIT DE DORIANA GRAY - JESS FRANCO - 1976 - 76'
Jeudi 24 Juillet 2008 - 21h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
LES PREDATEURS DE LA NUIT - JESS FRANCO - 1988 - 99'
Samedi 12 Juillet 2008 - 17h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - 35mm
LES PUTAINS DE LA VILLE BASSE - WOLFGANG FRANK (JESS FRANCO) - 1975 - 83'
Mercredi 30 Juillet 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
QUARTIER DE FEMMES - JESS FRANCO - 1972 - 91'
Dimanche 20 Juillet 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
ROTE LIPPEN, SADISTEROTICA - JESS FRANCO - 1967 - 92'
Samedi 12 Juillet 2008 - 19h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 35mm
LE SADIQUE BARON VON KLAUS / LE SADIQUE - JESS FRANCO - 1962 - 95'
LE SADIQUE BARON VON KLAUS (LE SADIQUE)
Jeudi 26 Juin 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
LE SADIQUE DE NOTRE DAME - J.P. JOHNSON (JESS FRANCO) - 99'
Lundi 23 Juin 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
SHINING SEX / LA FILLE AU SEXE BRILLANT - DAN L. SIMON (JESS FRANCO) - 1975 - 92'
SHINING SEX (LA FILLE AU SEXE BRILLANT)
Lundi 28 Juillet 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
SNAKEWOMAN - JESUS FRANCO (JESS FRANCO) - 2005 - 98'
Samedi 19 Juillet 2008 - 15h00 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
TENEMOS 18 ANOS - JESS FRANCO - 1959 - 91'
Mercredi 25 Juin 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - 35mm
LE TRONE DE FEU - FRANCO MANERA (JESS FRANCO) - 1969 - 95'
Jeudi 17 Juillet 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VF - 35mm
VAMPIRE BLUES - JESS FRANCO - 1999 - 91'
Jeudi 31 Juillet 2008 - 19h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - Vidéo
Film interdit aux moins de 16 ans.
VAMPIRE JUNCTION - JESS FRANCO - 2001 - 94'
Jeudi 31 Juillet 2008 - 21h30 - SALLE GEORGES FRANJU - VOSTF - Vidéo
VAMPIROS LESBOS / SEXUALITE SPECIALE - FRANCO MANERA (JESS FRANCO) - 1971 - 89'
VAMPIROS LESBOS (SEXUALITE SPECIALE)
Samedi 21 Juin 2008 - 19h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 35mm
VENUS IN FURS - JESS FRANCO - 1969 - 87'
Samedi 21 Juin 2008 - 21h00 - SALLE HENRI LANGLOIS - VOSTF - 16mm
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by Alan Brody » Sun May 18, 2008 7:35 pm
One must remember that Welles did not want to release CHIMES/FALSTAFF and it would have been yet another "unfinished" but had to in the end.
Very interesting, Robert. Have you ever heard the story that Franco was the one who actually shot the battle scene for Chimes and that Welles merely cobbled it together? Do you believe that's true?
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