best/worst in air travel

Magda wrote:

On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:19:39 -0600, "Gregory Morrow"
wrote:


... Runge13 blabbles:
...
... US Airways has no customer service.
... Third world class, never again with them.
... Best part is, I always find cheaper than them.
...
...
... Except that your plane never "takes off", scRunge...

He is in love with you, Greg. So is Markku, btw, but don't tell him!


Oh, speaking of "horror", here is that movie I mentioned on asc-f. Surely
you know it, it's a classic; it's available on a splendid Criterion label
DVD:


http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:23145~T1

"Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson

French director Georges Franju's Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux Sans Visage)
is an unsettling, sometimes poetic horror film. Pierre Brasseur plays a
brilliant plastic surgeon, Prof. Genessier, who has vowed to restore the
face of his daughter, Christiane (Edith Scob), who was mutilated in an
automobile accident. With the help of his assistant (Alida Valli), he
kidnaps young women, surgically removes their facial features, and attempts
to graft their beauty onto his daughter's hideous countenance. This
naturally has an adverse effect on the "donors," some of whom commit suicide
rather than go through life faceless. Franju's haunting, muted handling of
basic horror material is what lifts Eyes Without a Face out of the ordinary
and into the realm of near-classic. When the film failed to draw crowds
under its original title, however, the distributors decided to exploit it as
a two-bit "scare" flick with the new title The Horror Chamber of Dr.
Faustus.

Review by Jason Buchanan

Often cited as one of the most poetic horror films ever committed to
celluloid, French director Georges Franju's Eyes Without a Face has a
lingering effect that conjures more melancholy malaise than outright fright.
Franju opts for a deliberate pacing that perfectly compliments the somber
tone of his dark tale, and cinematographer Eugen Schüfftan's moody nighttime
photography provides the ideal visual representation of the inner turmoil
experienced by both the father who longs to make up for past indiscretions
(regardless of the pain he inflicts to achieve his goal) and the daughter
whose horrendous appearance serves as a constant reminder of the mistake
that will haunt him to the grave. As the nearby howls of caged hounds haunt
the quiet halls of the doctor's vast estate, viewers are constantly reminded
of the horrors set to be unleashed at a moment's notice. Considering that
such an artful "horror" film with so many expressionistic embellishments was
released by its original stateside distributor, United Artists, under the
lurid banner The Horror Chamber of Doctor Faustus, audiences expecting a
blood-soaked fright-fest were no doubt disappointed. Though the film does
offer a few shots that remain fairly shocking even decades after the film's
1960 release, the true horror lies in the madness of regret and the torture
of remaining dead to those one holds dearest, despite living on to
experience their shattering despair. In addition to soulful performances by
leads Pierre Brasseur and Edith Scob, Italian screen veteran Alida Valli
provides a memorably sinister turn as Prof. Genessier's (Brasseur) devoted
and unquestioning assistant. Re-released to stateside theaters in mid-2003,
Franju's downbeat frightener reached a whole new generation, who embraced
the director's seductively dark vision...."

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"Gregory Morrow" a écrit dans le message de
m...

Magda wrote:

On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:19:39 -0600, "Gregory Morrow"
wrote:


... Runge13 blabbles:
...
... US Airways has no customer service.
... Third world class, never again with them.
... Best part is, I always find cheaper than them.
...
...
... Except that your plane never "takes off", scRunge...

He is in love with you, Greg. So is Markku, btw, but don't tell him!


Oh, speaking of "horror", here is that movie I mentioned on asc-f. Surely
you know it, it's a classic; it's available on a splendid Criterion label
DVD:


http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:23145~T1

"Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson

French director Georges Franju's Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux Sans
Visage)
is an unsettling, sometimes poetic horror film. Pierre Brasseur plays a
brilliant plastic surgeon, Prof. Genessier, who has vowed to restore the
face of his daughter, Christiane (Edith Scob), who was mutilated in an
automobile accident. With the help of his assistant (Alida Valli), he
kidnaps young women, surgically removes their facial features, and
attempts
to graft their beauty onto his daughter's hideous countenance. This
naturally has an adverse effect on the "donors," some of whom commit
suicide
rather than go through life faceless. Franju's haunting, muted handling of
basic horror material is what lifts Eyes Without a Face out of the
ordinary
and into the realm of near-classic. When the film failed to draw crowds
under its original title, however, the distributors decided to exploit it
as
a two-bit "scare" flick with the new title The Horror Chamber of Dr.
Faustus.

Review by Jason Buchanan

Often cited as one of the most poetic horror films ever committed to
celluloid, French director Georges Franju's Eyes Without a Face has a
lingering effect that conjures more melancholy malaise than outright
fright.
Franju opts for a deliberate pacing that perfectly compliments the somber
tone of his dark tale, and cinematographer Eugen Schüfftan's moody
nighttime
photography provides the ideal visual representation of the inner turmoil
experienced by both the father who longs to make up for past indiscretions
(regardless of the pain he inflicts to achieve his goal) and the daughter
whose horrendous appearance serves as a constant reminder of the mistake
that will haunt him to the grave. As the nearby howls of caged hounds
haunt
the quiet halls of the doctor's vast estate, viewers are constantly
reminded
of the horrors set to be unleashed at a moment's notice. Considering that
such an artful "horror" film with so many expressionistic embellishments
was
released by its original stateside distributor, United Artists, under the
lurid banner The Horror Chamber of Doctor Faustus, audiences expecting a
blood-soaked fright-fest were no doubt disappointed. Though the film does
offer a few shots that remain fairly shocking even decades after the
film's
1960 release, the true horror lies in the madness of regret and the
torture
of remaining dead to those one holds dearest, despite living on to
experience their shattering despair. In addition to soulful performances
by
leads Pierre Brasseur and Edith Scob, Italian screen veteran Alida Valli
provides a memorably sinister turn as Prof. Genessier's (Brasseur) devoted
and unquestioning assistant. Re-released to stateside theaters in
mid-2003,
Franju's downbeat frightener reached a whole new generation, who embraced
the director's seductively dark vision...."

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