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JESUS "JESS" FRANCO IS AN ICONIC FIGURE IN WORLD CINEMA. HIS SEXUALLY CHARGED, FEARLESSLY PERSONAL STYLE OF FILMMAKING HAS NEVER BEEN IN VOGUE WITH MAINSTREAM CRITICS, BUT FOR LOVERS OF THE STRANGE AND SADO-EROTIC HE IS A MAGICIAN, SPINNING HIS UNIQUE AND DISTURBING DREAM WORLDS FROM THE CHEAPEST OF BUDGETS. IN THE WORLD OF JESS FRANCO FREEDOM WAS THE KEY, AND HE PUSHED AT THE BOUNDARIES OF TASTE AND CENSORSHIP REPEATEDLY, THROUGHOUT AN ASTONISHINGLY VARIED CAREER SPANNING SIXTY YEARS. THE DIRECTOR OF MORE THAN 180 FILMS, AT HIS MOST PROLIFIC HE WORKED IN A SUPERCHARGED FRENZY THAT YIELDED AS MANY AS TWELVE TITLES PER YEAR, MAKING HIM ONE OF THE MOST GENERATIVE AUTEURS OF ALL TIME.