Episode 618: Children of Paradise (1945)

Guest Co-Hosts: Samm Dieghan, Keith Gordon

French Month continues with a look at Marcel Carné's Children of Paradise (1945). Set in the early-mid 1800s, the film tells a winding tale of the woman Garance (Arletty) and the four men in her orbit: The mime Baptiste (Jean-Louis Barrault), the actor Frederick (Pierre Brasseur), the criminal Larcenaire (Marcel Herrand), and the aristocrat Edouard (Louis Salou).

Keith Gordon and Samm Deighan join Mike to discuss the film as well as the compelling circumstances around its making.

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Become a supporter of The Projection Booth
Buy Children of Paradise on Blu-Ray
Buy Child of Paradise: Marcel Carné and the Golden Age of French Cinema by Edward Turk

Music:
Original Score by Maurice Thiriet

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Episode 464: Goto, Island of Love (1964)

Guest Co-Hosts: Daniel Bird, Kat Ellinger

Polish month continues with a look at Walerian Borowczyk's Goto, Island of Love. Released in that magical year of 1969, the film tells the tale of a thief (Guy Saint-Jean) on the Island of Goto which is ruled over by Governor Goto III (Pierre Brasseur). After being pitted in armed combat and somehow surviving he is put in charge of the Governor’s dogs, boots, and the killing of flies.

Daniel Bird (Camera Obscura: The Walerian Borowczyk Collection) and Kat Ellinger join Mike to discuss Borowczyk's live action feature debut as well as his early shorts.

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Links:
Buy The Walerian Borowczyk Collection
Buy Goto, Island of Love on UK Blu-Ray
Buy the Boro: Walerian Borowczyk book

Music:
"Concerto No 11 opus 7" - Georg Frideric Handel

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Episode 278: Eyes Without A Face (1960)

Special Guest: Kate Ince
Guest Co-Host: Maitland McDonagh, Alexandra West

Georges Franju's Eyes Without a Face (1960) is an atmospheric "anguish story" about a young woman who's lost her face and the overbearing father who works to give her a new one.

Special Guest Kate Ince, author of the French Film Directors book Georges Franju, relates Franju's career and themes.

Maitland McDonagh and Alexandra West join Mike to discuss this influential film.

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Buy Eyes Without a Face on Blu-Ray
Buy George Franju by Kate Ince
Buy Maitland McDonagh's books at Amazon
Buy Films of the New French Extremity: Visceral Horror and National Identity by Alexandra West
Listen to the Faculty of Horror episode about Eyes without a Face
Listen to the episode on Seconds to hear more about faces and identity

Music:
"Les Yeux Sans Visage" - Maurice Jarre
"Frolic" - Luciano Michelini
"What's Behind the Mask" - The Cramps
"Eyes Without a Face" - Billy Idol
"Les Yeux Sans Visage" - Combustible Edison
"Eyes Without A Face" - The Bosshoss

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