The Story
A DOUBLE FEATURE OF NOIR FILMS FROM THE MASTER JESÚS FRANCO (aka 'Jess Franco')
THE AMERICAN PREMIERE OF
JESS FRANCO'S TWO LONG-UNSEEN FILM NOIRS
Following his international breakthrough with THE AWFUL DR. ORLOFF, director Jess Franco delivered a startling pair of crime thrillers that pistol-whipped European notions of film noir while lighting the fuse on Uncle Jess' own insane aesthetic. Set in New Orleans and based on a novel by the authors of VERTIGO, DEATH WHISTLES THE BLUES is a hard-boiled tale of betrayal, violence and revenge featuring smoky jazz compositions by Franco himself. Jean Servais of RIFIFI fame stars in RIFIFI IN THE CITY, a nihilistic trip through a pulp underworld of thugs, snitches, nightclub dames and black-gloved giallo-style murders. Both films - which led an impressed Orson Welles to hire Franco as his assistant on CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT - now feature HD scans from the original negatives for the first time ever.
Media
Bonus Materials
- Franco Noir â Interview With Stephen Thrower, Author Of âMurderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema Of Jesús Francoâ
Additional Details
Label: Severin Films
Genre: Film Noir
Language: Spanish
Run Time: 166 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 10/26/21
UPC: 760137759485
Description
A DOUBLE FEATURE OF NOIR FILMS FROM THE MASTER JESÚS FRANCO (aka 'Jess Franco')
THE AMERICAN PREMIERE OF
JESS FRANCO'S TWO LONG-UNSEEN FILM NOIRS
Following his international breakthrough with THE AWFUL DR. ORLOFF, director Jess Franco delivered a startling pair of crime thrillers that pistol-whipped European notions of film noir while lighting the fuse on Uncle Jess' own insane aesthetic. Set in New Orleans and based on a novel by the authors of VERTIGO, DEATH WHISTLES THE BLUES is a hard-boiled tale of betrayal, violence and revenge featuring smoky jazz compositions by Franco himself. Jean Servais of RIFIFI fame stars in RIFIFI IN THE CITY, a nihilistic trip through a pulp underworld of thugs, snitches, nightclub dames and black-gloved giallo-style murders. Both films - which led an impressed Orson Welles to hire Franco as his assistant on CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT - now feature HD scans from the original negatives for the first time ever.
Media
Bonus Materials
- Franco Noir â Interview With Stephen Thrower, Author Of âMurderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema Of Jesús Francoâ
Additional Details
Label: Severin Films
Genre: Film Noir
Language: Spanish
Run Time: 166 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 10/26/21
UPC: 760137759485
