Monster Island Theater presents
Bluebeard (1944)

Director - Edgar G. Ulmer
 

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The Plot
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Ingmar Ozu-Bresson on BlueBeard
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The Plot

Shot in just six days, Bluebeard tells the story of handsome puppeteer Gaston Morel (John Carradine), who, in between his puppet operas, seduces and strangles the most beautiful women of 19th Century Paris.

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Film Notes

A body is floating in the River Seine. Meanwhile, on the banks of that very river, Mephistopheles strums a mandolin in a puppet opera Faust. Thus it is hellfire on the miniature stage and on the streets and drawing rooms of Paris, as low budget master director Edgar G. Ulmer works film shadows and perspectives to maximum effect. Before his move to America, Ulmer worked in Germany as an assistant to both Max Rheinhardt and F.W. Murnau, two of Germany's legendary directors.

– Ed Schneider – Alameda TV

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Ingmar Ozu-Bresson on Bluebeard

"Un directeur allemand exilé en Amérique regarde Paris comme miniature peinte perdue dans les yeux sauvages d'un marionnettiste. En 1944, c'était réalité."

("A German director in exile in America views Paris as a painted miniature lost in the wild eyes of a puppeteer. In 1944, this was reality.")

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