Jason's Blog, page 129

Leonard Cohen

David Bowie

Frida Kahlo

meets Jacques Tardi...

Judex

Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? Judex knows. Directed by Georges Franju.

It's one of those films you've subconsciously been looking for, and then you find it. Or it finds you. And it delivers! It has all the things a film should have: Disguises, magicians, men in cape, kidnappings, detectives, kid sidekicks, cat burglars, acrobats, rooftop fights. It's a remake of an old silent film serial and has that melodramatic quality you also find in Adèle Blanc-Sec. The story is mostly told in visuals, conversations are kept to a minimum. It's a strange and dreamlike film, and part of the fun is that the villainess is a lot more appealing than the square hero.

Serge Clerc

Peter Driben

Buster Keaton

I like this Russian poster of Buster Keaton's The General.

Lucky Luke

I'm re-reading my Lucky Luke albums. I have about 40 of them. Goscinny wrote some really clever and funny scripts. I got all the Asterix albums also, but I prefer the looser drawing style of Morris rather than Uderzo.

Charles Bukowski 2

Love & Rockets no.3