What goes around, comes around, and what goes around more than the André Werner (not to mention his brainchildren: films as vivd headbirths and the perfect forum to view other such ventures, the cult-fixation Directors Lounge)? And so his day has come around again, and we join in wishing the tireless idea-factory and all-around cool guy his greatest birthday yet, and know you join in doing the same! Hats off to The Man In The Hat!
The gang at Directors Loungegif via pandawhale
I feel that cinema should be like a box of surprises, like a magic box. And in that world, anything is allowed to enter, as long as it’s always treated with a spirit of “Pop!”. ..I think cinema should be like magic, a surprise, that’s all.
Jesús Franco
Jesús “Jess” Franco, the doyen of B-movies, who directed more than 180 films, many starring his lifelong companion Lina Romay, passed away at the age of 82 on 2 April 2013 in Málaga, Spain.
He had been working on what was to be his final feature film, Al Pereira vs the Alligator Women at the time of his passing.R.I.P.