Podcasts TV The Cinematologists Podcast Ep39: Eyes Without a Face (with academic Matt Smith)

Ep39: Eyes Without a Face (with academic Matt Smith)

Published: Feb. 21, 2017, 10:49 p.m.

Dario is joined by Film Theorist Emre Caglayan at the Electric Palace in Hastings to screen and discuss Georges Franju's classic surrealist inspired horror Eyes Without a Face. A truly influential film Eyes Without a Face is often placed alongside Psycho and Peeping Tom as examples of art-house director exploring the horror genre and the film still possesses a sense of unsettling eeriness. 

Dario also interview Matt Smith an academic from Georgia State University in Atlanta to discuss the influence of the Eyes Without A Face on new extremist cinema on France at the end of the 20th century. Neil and Dario expand on Franju's legacy as a filmmaker in the French canon.

You can watch Eyes Without a Face on Youtube.