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Here comes both a super-hero film AND a work of art! Georges Franju, the director of Judex, was a member of the Cinematheque Francaise and helped hide its treasures from the Germans during the war. After 1949, he began his career as a filmmaker and worked mainly in the horror genre - but probably with the touch of the Nouvelle Vague of the early 60s! Many count Franju as part of the Nouvelle Vague; me too. Why? I think his films are always about mood and atmosphere, less about the story told. Franju doesn't like conventional resolutions and sometimes lets his films end in surrealistic images. Many customers of our video store claim that they are reluctant to watch such genres as horror. Or even the superhero genre! I have never shared this view. The serious geek loves to discover the good films in disreputable genres like horror, slashers, teen romances or even super hero movies! It was precisely in this respect that the French critics who would later found the Nouvelle Vague did some good groundwork. And Franju also films in this spirit! Genres were revived, even rehabilitated. Not always rightly, but best of all, you feel it yourself. The moment a film captures your attention, it must be a good film! Does it move and delight me? Or does it just use hackneyed conventions and obligatory scenes without ambition, without inspiration? Then it may be thrown back into the genre and does not deserve our attention. Judex is a superhero film. A dark fairy tale. Those familiar with French cinema of the silent era will notice the homage to the old masters of that decade. Here, the hero Judex (Channing Pollock) kidnaps an evil banker to prevent the head villain Diana in a cat costume (Francine Bergé) from inheriting a fortune. The good vs. evil battle revels in poetic symbolism. Watch as Judex, wearing a forbidden bird mask, creates a dove out of nothing during a ball. Judex may be celebrated as a revival of an innocent era with wonderful surrealistic set pieces. And, of course, as a superhero film.