brownie Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 The Paris Cinematheque is currently holding a retrospective of Spanish filmmaker Jess Franco (real name Jesus Franco Manera). I have seen few films (mostly lowbudget softporn thrillers) from this director and did not like any of them. But Franco is an interesting character who managed to make some 170 films mostly under his Jess Franco name. But he also used other aliases that are of interest to jazz fans since some of his films bear credits like: 'directed by Clifford Brown' - I saw only one of those and did not try again - or 'directed by Betty Carter'. As you might guess, Jess Franco is a film maker and a jazz fan. More on Jess Franco is on this site: http://www.videopremiereawards.com/HTMLNews/NewsFrano.html and that one: http://members.aol.com/timothyp2/francofol...francofile.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 Only in France would they have a retrospective of Franco's work. He did work with Orson Welles early in his career, and The Awful Doctor Orloff was a geniunely creepy and well done movie. But he was destined for B movie stuff, and most of his 70's work is banal at best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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