Its been mentioned in the random Franco ramblings thread but this is more than worthy of its own thread here. Every Franco fanatic here is probably already aware but Stephen Thrower's long awaited book on Franco will finally be released on November 20th. Well, the first volume that is!
Interesting thing, this was originally going to be a FAB Press publication but apparently its now coming out via Strange Attractor. Another thing I'm wondering about is what prompted the decision to split it into two volumes. Notice how this one covers '59 to' 74. I remember hearing Thrower on the Rue Morgue podcast saying he wasn't going to cover the films chronologically but rather start with the 70's and 80's then bounce back and forth between the 60's and the later digital films. Either way, its safe to say that this will probably be the final word when it comes to Franco.
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Spanish filmmaker Jess Franco (aka Jess Franco) directed more than 180 films in a career spanning six decades, making him one of the most prolific directors of all time and winner of a Lifetime Achievement prize at the 2009 Spanish Goya Film Awards. Yet his work frequently met with censorship resistance & was often despised by critics. Franco's taste for the sexy and horrific, his lifelong obsession with the Marquis De Sade and his roving hand-held camera style birthed a whole new strain of outlandish sado-erotica. This looks at the first half of his career.
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