French Cinematic Masterpieces

I sent some of the following info to one of our members in the course of a personal conversation and felt like sharing these beautiful films with all of you....So, without further adieu and in honor of the French premier screening of [i]Prometheus[/i]... As a student and rabid fan of cinema, here's a short list of films you probably haven't seen, but may find interesting and I absolutely adore them..... [i]Eyes Without A Face[/i] - French Horror film from the 50's and, In my Opinion one of the best Horror films ever made - A mad doctor commits unspeakable horrors for the sake of his daughter....directed by Georges Franju [img]http://wrongsideoftheart.com/wp-content/gallery/posters-e/eyes_without_face_poster_02.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.idoltube.net/wp-content/uploads/mvbthumbs/img_3467_les-yeux-sans-visage-eyes-without-a-face.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.cinetime.gr/sites/default/files/Eyes-Without-a-Face.png[/img] [i]La Jetee[/i] - Frensh SCI-FI from the 60's and was the film of which [i]12 Monkies[/i] was a remake......directed by Chris Marker [img]http://www.aho.no/PageFiles/8336/la-jetee-woman-2.jpg[/img] [img]http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/files/2010/04/jetee2.jpg[/img] [img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IHf6EHKZPIg/TS4GQVbO3qI/AAAAAAAAAGI/oBsW59-xRz4/s1600/6a0133f3cccc67970b0133f3cccde8970b-500pi.jpg[/img] [img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6NHexyoTIWM/TD0aOfMo7bI/AAAAAAAACcI/pqvWy6NYXNs/s1600/la+jetee+8.png[/img] [i]Les Diaboliques[/i] - French Horror from the 50's, said to be a major influence on Hitchcock - A wife and her dispicable husband's mistress conspire to kill him....directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d6/Plunkert-criterion-diabolique.jpg/200px-Plunkert-criterion-diabolique.jpg[/img] [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qn9t-SL-HJQ/TsAiIO0RQzI/AAAAAAAABkI/CJxuDkEM69M/s400/diabolique-witchywomen.jpg[/img] [img]http://filmsdefrance.com/img/Les_diaboliques_01.jpg[/img] [i]Le Corbeau[/i] - French thriller made in France during the German occupation of WWII - It's a fascinating portrait in that regard alone - The plot concerns a writer of scandelous letters tormenting the population of a small French village....also directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot [img]http://www.cinema-francais.fr/images/affiches/affiches_c/affiches_clouzot_henri_georges/photos/le_corbeau02.jpg[/img] [img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZHob4orX2hg/Tqgow8MbbvI/AAAAAAAABhs/LKUIpQpRjP8/s1600/936full-le-corbeau-%2528aka-the-raven%2529-screenshot.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk/reviews/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/review_corbeau.jpg[/img] [i]Ascenseur pour l'echafaud[/i] a.k.a. [i]Elevator to the Gallows[/i] - French Thriller concerning criminal lovers whose perfect crime begins to unravel when one becomes trapped in an elevator - The film boasts an absolutely stunning and now legendary score improvised by Miles Davis....directed by Louis Malle [img]http://movieposters.2038.net/p/Ascenseur-pour-l-echafaud.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.musifilm.org/spip/IMG/jpg/ascenseur-pour-l-echafaud-1.jpg[/img] [img]http://kmskma.free.fr/uploaded_images/ascen-712320.jpg[/img] There were a few more I could have added, but as these are all simply brilliant, I thought I'd keep it simple....ENJOY FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!!