12/01/2023
Henri gorges clouzot is one of the most celebrated french directors
His masterpiece les diabolique starring Simone signoret and his wife Vera clouzot was remade in 1995 with Sharon stone and Isabelle adjani in the lead.
His 1953 road truck movie the wages of fearwas replicated twice in 1958 in hell drivers with Stanley baker and a small role for Sean Connery.
Even in the British film ice cold in Alex the same concept of quick sand was used
Recently I watched the beautifully made documentary Inferno based on the actual footages shot by clouzot
To make his black and white film starring the Austrian born actress Romy Schneider, the very luminous face with her eyes.
The concept of the idea was how jealousy may consume a human being
Clouzot shot quite some footages of the film but he never was able to finish the product.
