Le Masque de la Méduse
| Le masque de la Méduse | |
|---|---|
 Original poster | |
| Directed by | Jean Rollin |
| Written by | Jean Rollin |
| Starring |
Simone Rollin Sabine Lenoël Marlène Delcambre Juliette Moreau Delphine Montoban |
| Music by | Philippe D'Aram |
| Cinematography | Benoit Torti |
| Edited by | Janette Kronegger |
| Distributed by |
Insolence Productions Les Films ABC |
Release dates |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | €150,000 |
Le masque de la Méduse (English: The Mask of Medusa) is a 2009 fantasy horror film directed by Jean Rollin. The film is a modern day story of the Greek mythological tale of the Gorgon and inspired by the 1964 classic horror of the same name. It is Jean Rollin's final film, as the director died in late 2010.
Cast
- Simone Rollin as la Méduse
- Sabine Lenoël as Euryale
- Marlène Delcambre as Sthéno
- Juliette Moreau as Juliette
- Delphine Montoban as Cornelius
- Jean-Pierre Bouyxou as le gardien
- Bernard Charnacé as le collectionneur
- Agnès Pierron as la colleuse d'affiche au Grand-Guignol
- Gabrielle Rollin as la petite contrebassiste
- Jean Rollin as l'homme qui enterre la tête
- Thomas Smith as Thomas
Production
It was thought that Rollin's 2007 film La nuit des horloges was the final film of his career as he had mentioned in the past, as he did many years before after he directed Killing Car. But in 2009, Rollin began preparation for his next project, in which he entitled Le masque de la Méduse, a modern day re-telling of the Gorgon, a mythological female creature with snakes for hair. The film is inspired by the 1964 classic Hammer Horror The Gorgon and the 1981 cult classic Clash of the Titans. Rollin originally directed the film as a one hour short, which was screened at the Cinémathèque de Toulouse, but after the release, Rollin decided to add twenty minutes of additional scenes and then cut the film into two distinct part, as he did in his first feature Le Viol du Vampire. The film was shot on location at the Golden Gate Aquarium, the Père Lachaise Cemetery and on stage the Theatre du Grande Guignol, which is where the longest part of the film takes place.[1] It was shot on HD video on a low-budget of €150,000, before the release it was inflated (blow-up) to 35mm film.
Release
The film was not released theatrically, it was, however premiered at the eleventh edition of the Extreme Cinema Film Festival at the Cinémathèque de Toulouse, in which it hosted "An Evening with Jean Rollin" on 19 November 2009. It was shown as a double feature, with Rollin's 2007 film La nuit des horloges showing at 20.30 and the main feature Le masque de la Méduse showing at 22.30.[2]
Availability
The DVD has no official release at present, although, it is currently only available for a limited time with the first 150 copies of Rollin's book Jean Rollin: Écrits complets Volume 1.[3] ISBN 978-2-84608-277-8
References
- ↑ "The Mask of Medusa". psychovision.net. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
- ↑ "The Mask of Medusa preview". psychovision.net. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
- ↑ "The Mask of Medusa preview". psychovision.net. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
External links
- Le Masque de la Méduse at the Internet Movie Database
- The making of La masque de la Méduse
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