Nostalgia

My flatmate Marta just booked us two ticket to Henri-Georges Clouzot's 'Inferno', showing at both the BFI Southbank and ICA. I have never heard of Clouzot before but watching the trailer made me want to see what all the fuss is about! We're watching it at the ICA tomorrow. Here's a brief synopsis, courtesy of the ICA website.

A remarkable feat of reconstruction which brings back to life an unfinished film by director Henri-Georges Clouzot (best known for such classics as The Wages of Fear and Les Diaboliques). In 1964, Clouzot set out to film the story of a man suffering the agonies of paranoid jealousy over his young wife (Romy Schneider). Clouzot spent months shooting screen tests and experimenting with the hallucinatory effects, but the film was shut down three weeks into production. Now, thanks to interviews with the original crew and using Clouzot’s test footage, we have a chance to witness what might have been.

Ah, retro movies...there's something so refreshing about old films. It reminds me of the Alfred Hitchcock film I was hoping to see at the BFI a few months ago, North by Northwest. Nothing like classic suspense for those cold, lonely Wintery nights.

North by Northwest - Trailer | Movies & TV | SPIKE.com

M xo