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LA COMTESSE PERVERSE & PLAISIR A TROIS restored at last!!!
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Thanks to Alain Petit for posting on The Franco Lounge at THE LATARNIA FORUMS the wonderful and long awaited news that LA COMTESSE PERVERSE and PLAISIR A TROIS, two of Jess Franco's most visually striking films, have been restored for their original negative materials. These tart black comedies were made back to back in 1973. LA COMTESSE ... has the distinction of being the first French cannibal film and PLAISIR... is one of the director's better adaptations of Sade. Both films are composed in a Cubist aesthetic reflected in the architecture of Ricardo Bofill (note the castle in the cap below) and the use of extreme wide-angle lenses.
Rader Zaroff (Howard Vernon) signals that it's dinner time on Cannibal Island!
LA COMTESSE PERVERSE & PLAISIR A TROIS restored at last!!!
[Go to The Franco Lounge for further details]
Thanks to Alain Petit for posting on The Franco Lounge at THE LATARNIA FORUMS the wonderful and long awaited news that LA COMTESSE PERVERSE and PLAISIR A TROIS, two of Jess Franco's most visually striking films, have been restored for their original negative materials. These tart black comedies were made back to back in 1973. LA COMTESSE ... has the distinction of being the first French cannibal film and PLAISIR... is one of the director's better adaptations of Sade. Both films are composed in a Cubist aesthetic reflected in the architecture of Ricardo Bofill (note the castle in the cap below) and the use of extreme wide-angle lenses.
The restoration was made by Stephane Derderian under the guidance of Alain, the noted film historian (THE MANACOA FILES), Jess Franco actor (THE MIDNIGHT PARTY, TENDER FLESH) and screenwriter. Alain wrote the script for PLAISIR... and was there as Franco was editing both films so he made sure these are the original versions as the director intended. They are presented in their OAR of 1.33:1.
I'm reposting Alain's original post below from THE FRANCO LOUNGE to help spread the good news. Thanks to Stephane, Alain and all involved as well as THE LATARNIA FORUMS for continuing to be a go-to place for Jess Franco news. I'll be adding some caps posted by Frederick Durand asap.
Hopefully these will be picked up by a reliable DVD company who can give them superior presentations with language options and All Region capability. I also hope that Alain, Jess and Lina Romay, who is featured in both films, can be gathered together to do a commentary track.
from Masayuki in Japan
ReplyDeleteThanks for your good news!
I hope Franco's CFFP works is released for DVD more!
Please visit my new BLOG...
http://blog.livedoor.jp/hmkino/
This makes me so happy.
ReplyDeleteYes, wonderful news..so Mondo Macabro had no hand in this restoration of LA COMTESSE PERVERSE? and no release of it either??
ReplyDeleteJust read more @ The Franco Lounge. Unbelievable. This might mean good news MM didn't release LA COMTESSE already as planned
ReplyDeleteMasayuku, Thanks for the link. Been there and like it!
ReplyDeleteScott: I don't know at this point. I'll ask Pete Tombs. There were some rights issues before, but that may have changes. Hope so.