Georges Franju, director of well known art house slasher Eyes - TopicsExpress



          

Georges Franju, director of well known art house slasher Eyes Without a Face, in this early example of short documentary filmmaking aims his camera at the daily procedures of a slaughterhouse in 1940’s Paris. The film has garnered much attention not only due to its graphic material but also some have argued that Franju had used the slaughterhouse as a metaphor for the Holocaust and Hitler’s Nazi regime in their systematic way of killing. However even without the hidden subtext, Blood of the Beasts is a jarring and visceral look into a not so pleasant profession especially in a period of time that is far less humane as today’s society. Read more at tasteofcinema/2014/25-of-the-best-short-films-you-can-watch-online/#P1WrvS0kCe0ZyLMk.99
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 09:07:03 +0000

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