Overview
Jacques Tourneur is a director of B movies, yet his films display such sophistication that they attract the attention of cinephiles. It was from the 1950s–1960s onward that his work began to gain recognition. Deeply marked by the uncanny and by fear, what does it reveal about the filmmaker’s personality? His apparent nonchalance may well be nothing more than a façade.
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