In addition to its more well known literary and artistic origins, the French surrealist movement drew inspiration from currents of psychological anxiety and rebellion running through a shadowy side of
In the early decades of the twentieth century Modernist artists, composers, and writers barraged European sensibilities with chaotic images, dissonant sounds, and incomprehensible novels. Picasso's "L
"Years after his first appearance, Fantômas is still scary." — The Washington Post"A brilliant criminal … a great romp." — San Francisco ChronicleA noblewoman is hacke
A noblewoman is hacked to death, a Russian princess is boldly robbed, a lord's lifeless body is found in a trunk. It is the work of Fantomas, a master of disguise whose diabolical crimes paralyze Pari
