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Eugenie is one of the most important films of Jess Franco’s career. It addresses many of the concerns that would propel his work in the years to come, and places centre-stage the blend of amorality, fear and desire for which he would become notorious. … The Sadean elements are so committed, so fully integrated in the rest of the story, that the finale feels unnatural and insincere. … Eugenie, therefore, is a flawed Franco film, but in this case it’s so close to greatness that it’s agony to see it fall apart in the last five minutes. … Eugenie is unlike any previous Franco film. Its minimalism, its purity of purpose, its darkness and perversity, strip away the trappings of horror, the lushness of Euro-erotica and the pretensions of art cinema, leaving only the core of his sensibility. It’s a film of the 1970s, whereas even the best of Franco’s 1960s films were somehow wedded to the demands of an older kind of cinema. … In the 1960s Franco learned how to make movies. In Eugenie, he learns how to make Jess Franco films.
Stephen Thrower, Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesús Franco, Volume One (Strange Attractor Press, 2020)
Selected disc options for Eugenie de Sade
Extras | Blue Underground DVD-1/US 2008 | Wild East DVD-0/US/OOP 2003 |
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Franco de Sade - Interview with Director/Writer Jess Franco | has extra | |
Unreleased Footage from Three Unfinished Films by Director Jess Franco | has extra | |
Stills Gallery | has extra | |
English Theatrical Trailer | has extra | |
French Theatrical Trailer | has extra |
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Notes
- Blue Underground’s DVD is also available in the “Fifty Shades of de Sade” box set with Marquis de Sade’s Justine (1969), Eugenie (1970) and Justine de Sade (1972).
- Wild East’s DVD includes a 4-page booklet with liner notes by Alain Petit.
Ultimate Edition
Combine the best digital presentation with a selection of choice extras for the ultimate edition.
Presentation |
Blue Underground DVD 2008
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Extras | Franco de Sade - Interview with Director/Writer Jess Franco Blue Underground DVD |
Unreleased Footage from Three Unfinished Films by Director Jess Franco Wild East DVD | |
Stills Gallery | Wild East DVD|
English Theatrical Trailer | Blue Underground DVD|
French Theatrical Trailer | Wild East DVD