How to Introduce a Mysterious Character With Franju & Jarre

This is how French director George Franju and composer Maurice Jarre introduce the title character in “Judex” (1963):

Judex

Georges Franju (1912-1987) made his name in documentary shorts, then directed 8 feature films. He liked a cold, clinical camera to film the oneiric and the etheral.

Maurice Jarre (1924-2009) is a prolific French Composer who moved to Hollywood in 1965. Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago are his most famous soundtracks.

A clip with similar chemistry between Jarre and Franju, from Eyes without a face (Yeux sans visage, 1960):

Eyes without a face

I cannot resist adding this clip, the end of the Longest Day, music by Jarre. It is from the hard-to-find colorized version, a must see for fans of the movie. I could only find it dubbed in Hungarian.

longest day

Francine Berge & Edith Scob in Judex

Georges Franju

Maurice Jarre

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