Franco Noir (Death Whistles the Blues / Rififi in the City) (DVD)

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A DOUBLE FEATURE OF NOIR FILMS FROM THE MASTER JESÚS FRANCO (aka "Jess Franco") THE AMERICAN PREMIERE OF JESS FRANCO'S TWO LONG-UNSEEN FILM NOIRSFollowing his international breakth rough with THE AWFUL DR. ORLOFF, director Jess Franco next delivered a startling pair of crime-thrillers that pistol-whipped European notions of film noir while lighting the fuse on Uncle Jess' own insane aesthetic. Set in New Orleans and based on a novel by the authors of VERTIGO, DEATH WHISTLES THE BLUES is a hard-boiled tale of betrayal, violence and revenge featuring smoky jazz compositions by Franco himself. Jean Servais of RIFIFI fame stars in RIFIFI IN THE CITY, a nihilistic trip through a pulp underworld of thugs, snitches, nightclub dames and black-gloved giallo-style murders. Both films - which led an impressed Orson Welles to hire Franco as his assistant on CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT - now feature HD scans from the original negatives for the first time ever. Media Bonus MaterialsFranco Noir — Interview With Stephen Thrower, Author Of “Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema Of Jesús Franco” Additional Details Label: Severin Films Genre: Film Noir Language: Spanish Run Time: 166 minsRegion: 0 Release Date: 10/26/21 UPC: 760137759591 Show more