Weird Wednesday: Jess Francos EUGENIE

Rated R; 87min; Director:Jess Franco (1970)

Location: Alamo Downtown

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This year, director Jess Franco will appear LIVE IN PERSON to accept the first Lifetime Achievement Award at Fantastic Fest. This screening should serve to whet your appetite for the three big screenings of Franco's films - with Franco in attendance - at Fantastic Fest this year.

EUGENIE, THE STORY OF HER JOURNEY INTO PERVERSION
SEPT 23, MIDNIGHT, $1, DIR. JESS FRANCO, 1970, DV, 87 MIN, R

The works of the Marquis De Sade have provided the spark of inspiration for some of Jess Franco's most memorable works. This film, made during his fruitful association with English producer Harry Alan Towers, is among Franco's best, and one of his own favorites. It's the story of a teenage girl, played by the lovely Marie Liljedahl, who enters the cruel and corrupting orbit of her father's mistress and her slightly insane half-brother when she visits their secluded island retreat for a weekend. The adventurously shot film, full of lugubrious set pieces, is a joy to behold. The gorgeous psychedelic dream world Franco creates makes the viewer feel the blood-racing excitement of sexual abandon, an uncommon achievement in sex films, as anyone who has laughed and yawned through a number of them will assent. Featuring Franco regulars Maria Rohm, Paul Muller, Jack Taylor and Christopher Lee, who later claimed he didn't know it was an adult film. (Lars)

This special pre-Fantastic Fest presentation was made possible by the generous cooperation of Blue Underground, without a doubt the finest DVD company in the history of the world.

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