René Navarre as Fantômas Fantômas (1913-1914) Fantômas in the Shadow of the Guillotine (1913), Juve vs. Fantômas (1913), The Murderous Corpse (1913), Fantômas vs. Fantômas (1914), The False Magistrate (1914) Direction: Louis Feuillade Screenplay: Louis Feuillade; from Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain's novels Cast: René Navarre, Edmond Bréon, Georges Melchior, Renée Carl, Jane Faber True cinephiles know what to say when asked to explain the relative aggregate crumminess of the films they've bothered to see in 2010: "Too many lousy genre movies … everything's based on some pre-sold franchise property … one sequel after another…" Well, bully for true cinephiles – they can go waste their time at whatever dour, sexless movie Clint Eastwood's directing this week. The rest of us will be left to enjoy Kino's recent boxed set of Louis Feuillade's Fantômas films which, in addition to committing each of the above-enumerated crimes, is one of the best archival releases [...]...
- 11/11/2010
- by Dan Erdman
- Alt Film Guide
Rarely do I run full press releases for new home video titles, but this is a special exception. Kino International, in association with Gaumont Films in France, has announced the release of a 3-dvd box set of all five of Louis Feuillade's Fantômas films. The box set's street date is September 21, 2010. None of these films have never been legitimately available on DVD in North America so this really is a cause for celebration. See the press release below for full details.
Kino International Releases A 3-dvd Box Set With Five Feature Films Starring The French Character FANTÔMAS
New York, NY - August 4, 2010 - Kino International, in a special arrangement with Gaumont Films in France, is proud to release for the first time in the United States a 3-dvd box set with a total of seven previously unreleased films featuring the French character FANTÔMAS, created by Marcel Allain (1885-1969) and...
Kino International Releases A 3-dvd Box Set With Five Feature Films Starring The French Character FANTÔMAS
New York, NY - August 4, 2010 - Kino International, in a special arrangement with Gaumont Films in France, is proud to release for the first time in the United States a 3-dvd box set with a total of seven previously unreleased films featuring the French character FANTÔMAS, created by Marcel Allain (1885-1969) and...
- 8/6/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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