About the Event
Eyes Without a Face
Directed by Georges Franju
(France, 1960, 90 min.)
Saturday, September 21, 7:00 pm
At his secluded chateau in the French countryside, a brilliant, obsessive doctor (Pierre Brasseur) attempts a radical plastic surgery to restore the beauty of his daughter’s disfigured countenance—at a horrifying price. Eyes Without a Face, directed by the supremely talented Georges Franju, is rare in horror cinema for its odd mixture of the ghastly and the lyrical, and it has been a major influence on the genre in the decades since its release. There are images here—of terror, of gore, of inexplicable beauty—that once seen are never forgotten.
“Disturbing, disorienting, quietly terrifying, it’s one of the least known of the world’s great horror movies and, in its own dark way, a startlingly beautiful and artful piece of cinema as well” — Kenneth Duran, Los Angeles Times
“As absurd and as beautiful as a fairy tale, this chilling, nocturnal black-and-white masterpiece was originally released in this country dubbed and under the title “The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus,” but it’s much too elegant to warrant the usual “psychotronic” treatment” — Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Discounted parking available in Founder’s Court lot, $6 flat fee, credit card required.
