Jess Franco

[Demoncrat]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Bugger.

RIP Jesus, reunited with Lina after a short separation then......

[Criterion7]

Wow..I was watching Bloody Moon lat last night.

R.I.P. Jess Franco

[Frankie Teardrop]

RIP Jess Franco. A genuine surrealist, and one of the best.

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

A sad loss indeed.
Sometimes an acquired taste,old Jess,but hell there was a load of his films which were well deserving of the label 'cult classic'.

RIP Spain's finest purveyor of exploitation.Lina is waiting for you.

[jiraffejustin]

RIP to a director whose reputation has always intrigued me. Shamefully, I still haven't taken the time to see any of his work. Would somebody point me in the best direction to start with his work?

[Delirium]

A truly original artist is lost, but an incredible body of work is left. I'll miss him.

R.I.P Jess Franco.

[Frankie Teardrop]

Originally Posted by jiraffejustin

RIP to a director whose reputation has always intrigued me. Shamefully, I still haven't taken the time to see any of his work. Would somebody point me in the best direction to start with his work?

Eugenie De Sade
Vampyros Lesbos
Lorna the Exorcist
Succubus
Venus in Furs
Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
Bloody Moon
Exorcisme
The Female Vampire
Mansion of the Living Dead
Macumba Sexual
Faceless
Devil Hunter (I mean it!)

... are all random but probably good starting points.

[Demoncrat]

Watched

Exorcism (1974) with the comm. God, he was honest.

also watched the interview segment on my SS Faceless dvd, good and yet again painfully honest, even if he contracdicts what he says on the comm hahaha.... though did feel it may have been part of a longer doc???

Female Vampire (1973) lurid isn't the word. But at least you know what you're getting with JP Johnson

nearly watched Jack the Ripper, but the idiot upstairs started banging on the roof (maybe he thought I was watching porn hahaha)

Prick.

[Daemonia]

Originally Posted by Frankie Teardrop

Eugenie De Sade
Vampyros Lesbos
Lorna the Exorcist
Succubus
Venus in Furs
Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
Bloody Moon
Exorcisme
The Female Vampire
Mansion of the Living Dead
Macumba Sexual
Faceless
Devil Hunter (I mean it!)

... are all random but probably good starting points.

I'd also agree with all of the above but I'd add The Awful Dr Orlof as well.

Let's not forget that Franco was hailed by Orson Welles as the world's greatest director (no, I'm not kidding!). He had a photographic memory, was a piano virtuoso and loved jazz, spoke several languages, and liked lesbians (always a good thing in my book ). This was no idiot. I think because he was so intelligent is the reason he got bored so quickly and did films in very quick succession to allay said boredom.

He will be greatly missed. In every one of his film that I've seen there was at least one moment that made you sit up and go 'Wow!' These lesser films as a whole might have been a bit rubbish overall, but he always threw something at you that would get your attention.

I'd agree with Tim Lucas who said 'To watch one of his films, you have to see all of his films.' Those who've seen a fair amount will understand what this means. Everything is kind of connected and the more you get into his films the more you start to dig where he's coming from.

[Pete]

Originally Posted by Daemonia

I'd also agree with all of the above but I'd add The Awful Dr Orlof as well.

Let's not forget that Franco was hailed by Orson Welles as the world's greatest director (no, I'm not kidding!).

Welles even asked Franco to shoot the battle scenes in CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT.