Les yeux sans visage : Eyes without a face /

A plastic surgeon, holed up in a Paris mansion, is obsessively slicing off the faces of kidnapped women and grafting the flayed skin onto the rotting countenance of his beloved young daughter, disfigured in an automobile accident.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Gaumont (Firm), Janus Films, Home Vision Entertainment (Firm), Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors:	Franju, Georges, 1912-1987, Boileau, Pierre, 1906-1989, Narcejac, Thomas, 1908-1998, Brasseur, Pierre, 1905-1972, Valli, Alida, 1921-2006, Scob, Édith, Redon, Jean
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	French
Language Notes:	In French with new and improved English subtitles.
Published:	[United States] : Criterion Collection, [2004]
Series:	Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 260. Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
Subjects:	Horror films. Fathers and daughters > Drama. Plastic surgeons > Drama. Foreign films. Motion pictures, French. Feature films.

Description
Summary:	A plastic surgeon, holed up in a Paris mansion, is obsessively slicing off the faces of kidnapped women and grafting the flayed skin onto the rotting countenance of his beloved young daughter, disfigured in an automobile accident.
Item Description:	"Gaumont"--Container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1959. Based on the novel by Jean Redon. First released in France. Dual layer. Aspect ratio 1.66:1; enhanced for widescreen TVs. New, restored high-definition digital transfer. Accompanying booklet includes new essays by novelist Patrick McGrath and writer and film historian David Kalat. "The classic collection: a joint venture between Janus Films and Home Vision Cinema (HVE)"--Container. Special features: Blood of the beasts (Le sang des bêtes), Georges Franju's 1949 short documentary about the slaughterhouses of Paris -- Archival interviews with Franju on horror, cinema, and the making of Blood of the beasts -- Excerpt from Les grands-pères du crime, a documentary featuring Eyes without a face writers Pierre Boileasu and Thomas Narcejac (Diabolique, Vertigo) -- Theatrical trailers -- Stills gallery of rare production photos and promotional material. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
Format:	DVD-9; Dolby digital, mono.
Audience:	Not rated.
ISBN:	0780028880