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	hackwriters.com -Vidocq -Master Detective - Rev Anontio hernandez
		Vidocq’s life is stunning, not only because of his accomplishments in detective work but because of his personal victories: creating and founding several new scientific branches, creating a nearly crime-free 19th century Paris, his triumphs over the criminal life and the elimination of his other personal demons.
		Vidocq was also a master of disguise; he used three identities: himself, the great escaped criminal who was on the lam; Jean Louis, a 60 year old criminal "from the old days"; and Jules, a rough-and-tumble bully.
		Vidocq’s personality and techniques were fundamental to J. Edgar Hoover in revamping the fledgling FBI in the 1920's, and the U.S. Marshal’s Service uses Vidocq techniques in tracking and apprehending fugitives.
	www.hackwriters.com /Vidocq.htm (2198 words)

	Vidocq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Scientific genius Vidocq quickly proves that somebody may have murdered them with a lightning generator, provided that there was a suitable metal conductor placed in their top hats.
		Of how Vidocq also traced the combs back to her, but didn’t inform the authorities because he was one of Préah’s customers - as were the two dead men, Belmont (Jean-Pol Dubois) and Veraldi (André Penvern).
		But Boisset has managed to retrieve part of Vidocq’s journal, the part where he describes finding the lab, and discovering The Alchemist’s gruesome plot; he is using the virgins’ blood to make the mirror on his mask, which allows him to steal the souls of the people he kills and thus remain young forever.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /steamedprawnbuns/Vidocq.htm (1475 words)

	Ink Drawings: The Vidocq series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Vidocq, the great French detective, was the first head of the French Sûreté in the 19th century.
		One peaceful Sunday Vidocq was with his men on the watch in the Place du Carousel in Paris, when he recognized Chambrueil, a notorious swindler, disguised as a gentleman.
		Vidocq here thinks that he is about to be reprimanded and the man he is sure is Chambreuil released with apologies.
	www.swalks.com /vidocq.html (364 words)

	Vidocq review
		Etienne Boisset (Guillaume Canet), Vidocq's official biographer, arrives in Paris and decides to resume the investigation that leads him to Vidocq's footsteps.
		And it's probably that aspect that is disturbing in some shots, when everything is sharp, from the close-up to the church in the background, one has more of a televised rather than cinematic impression.
		Back to Vidocq, the abundance of shots (and close-ups particularly) is tiring: there are 2300 shots— including 800 digitally modified in post-production—for a cost of more than 20 million euros.
	www.plume-noire.com /movies/reviews/vidocq.html (824 words)

	Memoirs of Vidocq: Master of Crime :: AK Press
		As a player in the criminal underworld, Vidocq is a master of disguises and accomplished thief, eventually turning his unlawful talents toward catching criminals as the first French chief of secret police.
		Vidocq has a knack for finding trouble throughout his topsy-turvy life, getting into one hot situation after another, often finding himself behind bars, only to escape the first chance he gets.
		Vidocq's life story is unforgettable, and includes some of the best crime stories and juicy tales ever written.
	www.akpress.org /2003/items/memoirsofvidocq (299 words)

	Eugène François Vidocq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		According to it, Vidocq was born in Arras, France in July 23, 1775.
		Vidocq claimed that he saved two noblewomen from a guillotine in Arras but was captured and faced the same fate.
		Vidocq tried to live as a merchant in Faubourg Sant-Denis but a year later he was again behind bars for some time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Fran%C3%A7ois_Vidocq (1383 words)

	::Strand Magazine::
		Vidocq, like Holmes, was a master of disguise and used the network of the underworld to seek out his clues.
		Vidocq had long argued that crimes were best investigated by officers in plain clothes, not uniform, and that a special division of the police should be established.
		Vidocq acquired a sizable income from selling his special paper and ink as well as from other legal but borderline activities, such as taking money from army conscripts and sending others in their place.
	www.strandmag.com /vidoq.htm (2651 words)

	International Vidocq Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The International Vidocq Society (IVS) was formed to improve communication and to expand the networking of those within the investigative and law enforcement related fields.
		Vidocq a Nineteenth Century Frenchman, who at one time was a wanted criminal, utilized his knowledge of the criminal underworld to create a whole new, formalized entity called “criminal investigations.” In doing so, Vidocq brought fighting crime to a higher level into a social science.
		Vidocq is credited with not only starting the first private investigation offices, but also, starting the first record keeping card index system for criminal investigations, he was the first to make plaster of paris casts of foot and shoe imprints.
	www.corporatecrimecontrol.com /international_vidocq_society.htm (900 words)

	Murder mysteries
		The Vidocq Society is a private club of crime experts founded in 1990 in Philadelphia.
		Since 1990, Vidocq has solved 30 of the toughest cases in the country, including the murder of Yardley resident Jim Dunn’s son.
		Vidocq still doesn’t know who her parents are, but they too are probably wondering where their daughter is. With Vidocq on the case, chances are very good that soon the truth will come out.
	www.vidocq.org /wcau/wcau980217.html (616 words)

	Amazon.ca: Vidocq: DVD: Pitof,Gérard Depardieu,Guillaume Canet,Inés Sastre,André Dussollier,Edith Scob,Moussa ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Vidocq's life would make a great subject for a film--he was a criminal and a master of disguise, and during his long checkered career and multiple arrests, he became an informer, was recruited as a police spy, and eventually ran a plainclothes police unit.
		In spite of Vidocq's bulk and cunning, he is no match for the superhuman qualities of the masked man, and Vidocq is killed.
		Vidocq was on the trail of a vicious killer when he was killed, so Etienne decides to continue the case...
	www.amazon.ca /Vidocq-Pitof/dp/B000068QOY (1245 words)

	DVD Review: Vidocq: Seville Signature Collection
		A short time after the public learns of Vidocq's death Etienne (Guillaume Canet) a young reporter claiming to have been in contact with the late Vidocq begins to investigate the murders in hopes of uncovering the truth behind not only the two men's death but Vidocq's as well.
		I don't think their is one shot in the film that hasn't been enhanced by some sort of CGI work either to create a stronger image for the viewer to focus on or to create a more impressive looking backdrop on which the action plays out.
		"Vidocq" is a landmark film in that it was the first film to be shot and subsequently released using the new Sony High Definition 24fps digital camera that was used for "Star Wars: Episode II : Attack of the Clones".
	www.currentfilm.com /dvdreviewsmark/vidocqdvd2.html (2586 words)

	Vidocq (2001) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In the heart of the town, Vidocq, a famous detective, disappeared as he fights the Alchemist...
		Vidocq really existed, and may well have invented the private eye business as we know it.
		Some of the action scenes are quite spectacular; in a few scenes, we see Vidocq take on the masked/cloaked villain, and comparisons to both both "The Matrix" and SW Ep.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0164961 (502 words)

	Carla Baron-Eugene Vidocq
		Vidocq later became a police officer and based on his understanding of the criminal mind, Vidocq became more successful in apprehending perpetrators than anyone else on the Paris police force.
		At the Surete, Vidocq pioneered modern police investigative techniques, introducing the use of criminal records, plaster-of-paris casts of foot and shoe prints, as well as the study of criminal weapons and ballistics.
		Vidocq was also a master of disguise and surveillance, and would wear costumes, wigs and fake beards, to spy on criminals and their activities.
	www.johnadams.net /cases/samples/Baron-Vidocq/index.html (1190 words)

	Vidocq (2001 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vidocq is a 2001 movie, directed by Pitof, that pits the historical figure Eugène François Vidocq (played by Gérard Depardieu) against a supernatural soul-stealing monster called The Alchemist.
		It is notable as being the first major science fiction film to be shot entirely on digital film.
		AT the end of the story Vidocq is alive and Etienne Boisset proves to be himself The Alchemist, in their last fight with Vidocq The Alchemist seems to be killed, but at the end of the movie it is sugested that he still lives.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vidocq (159 words)

	LRB \| Graham Robb : Walking through Walls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Vidocq may not, as his admirers claim, have invented fingerprinting and the science of ballistics, but he did show the importance of keeping detailed criminal records.
		Vidocq was the archetypal will-o'-the-wisp with fists of steel, the man who could walk through walls and make fools of the authorities.
		The Vidocq Society of Philadelphia, which meets once a month to investigate 'cold case' homicides and which was cofounded by a former FBI agent and lifelong Vidocq fan, celebrates his 'legendary.
	www.lrb.co.uk /v26/n06/robb01_.html (3835 words)

	Monsters At Play: Vidocq Review
		Set in a circa 1800s Paris, a famous detective Vidocq (Gerard Depardieu) is ruthlessly murdered by a mysterious masked assassin in a real attention grabber of an intro.
		What he finds is more than he or anyone else had bargained for as Etienne is drawn into a world of the occult that includes mysterious dark forces, and fl-market virgin sacrifices, a world where everything may not be quite what it seems.
		Vidocq incorporates some awesome directional effects that seem to magically move around the room.
	www.monstersatplay.com /review/dvd/v/vidocq.php (773 words)

	Vidocq: Convict Turned Detective Magnifique
		The Vidocq Society, a precise consortium of forensic and law-enforcement professionals whose practices are based on the teachings of Vidocq, lists the master detective's credits as many.
		Vidocq's factual successes inspired world-class authors who borrowed his brilliance to embody their fictional heroes.
		Crowning his triumphs was Eugene Francois Vidocq's value for his fellow man. "He was a philanthropist who helped the poor and abandoned of Paris," says the Vidocq Society.
	www.crimelibrary.com /classics2/vidocq (980 words)

	Vidocq Society - Cuisine & Crime-Solving
		In a famed walnut-paneled meeting room, members of The Vidocq Society honor Eugène François Vidocq, the brilliant 18th century French detective who served the Sûreté, by applying their collective forensic skills and experience to "cold case" homicides and unsolved deaths.
		A long-unsolved homicide or death is the focus of a Vidocq Society meeting during which the case and its evidence are dissected for members and invited guests, all with an eye towards rekindling or refocusing the investigation.
		The Vidocq Society is a Nonprofit, 501c(3) corporation, which, by the terms of its charter, is a fraternal organization comprised of professionals and non-professionals who meet in a social setting to discuss unsolved crimes.
	www.vidocq.org (315 words)

	Gothic Steam Phantastic : Information : Vidocq
		The character of Vidocq is a legendary French person, who has existed for real and founded the "Securité" (probably known from the "Pink Panther" movies).
		Vidocq was a criminal, who escaped from jail.
		However, the relation between Vidocq and the police force is determined by the role of Vidocq as a criminal turned police detective.
	www.xs4all.nl /~vanip/gsp/information/vidocq.htm (485 words)

	Movie Review \| Vidocq (2001) Gérard Depardieu, Ines Sastre
		"Vidocq" opens with the death of the titular character (played by Gerard Depardieu) at the hands of the Alchemist, a killer who wears a mirror mask that is believed to "suck the souls of his victims" because, we later learn, the Alchemist believes it gives him the power of eternal youth.
		After Vidocq's death (which takes place in the first 5 minutes) young Etienne (Guillaume Canet) arrives in town, claiming to be Vidocq's official biographer.
		This is convenient, of course, because Etienne is our link to Vidocq's investigation in the past, and through Etienne we begin to see (through one flashback at a time) how Vidocq came to his end.
	www.beyondhollywood.com /reviews/vidocq.htm (921 words)

	Vidocq plot summary
		Renowned detective Vidocq (Gerard Depardieu) dies battling against a mysterious masked figure and the country is in shock.
		A young journalist and Vidocq's biographer, Etienne Boisset, investigates the death of Vidocq.
		It all started when Vidocq was investigating the case of the "accidental" death of two wealthy men...
	www.ruinedendings.com /film5027plot (113 words)

	The Austin Chronicle Books: Review - Memoirs of Vidocq: Master of Crime
		But a man like Vidocq is bound also to make powerful enemies, and those enemies might well have contributed to his downfall in 1832, when he was fired after being charged with instigating a crime for the purpose of uncovering it -- but it's still a great story, whichever side you choose to take.
		The modern detective fiction tradition, using Vidocq as the prototypical master detective, was born during his lifetime.
		Henry played Vidocq for grins as Tic Toq in three short stories, and not even the inventor of the trench coat or gumshoe has had a greater impact on crime fiction.
	www.austinchronicle.com /gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=180981 (668 words)

	Francevision
		The creature removes its mask and Vidocq - an ex-con turned celebrated crimesolver - sees its face, shivering with terror at the sight...before being plunged into the fiery abyss...
		Etienne Boisset, a young biographer, attempts to unravel the enigma of Vidocq's death.
		He learns that Vidocq died while investigating the deaths of three men who held an interest in young virgins so strange and disturbing that not even Vidocq could understand.
	www.francevision.com /Content/Vidocq____ENGLISH.html (139 words)

	Apple (UK and Ireland) - Creative - Desktop Movies - Vidocq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Vidocq is the world’s first fully digital feature film.
		Firstly, it means that the film was shot with a digital camera from start to finish; which, in addition to giving Pitof, the director, the advantage of mobility, allowed him to use “capture mode” to preserve the actors’ freshness and spontaneity.
		For Vidocq, Pitof acted as director, special effects guru, editor and composer.
	www.apple.com /uk/creative/desktopmovies/vidocq (550 words)

	The Vidocq Society
		Eugéne François Vidocq was born July 23, 1775, in the
		Vidocq's use of disguises and undercover identities was
		Vidocq as the basis for both the redeemed convict Jean
	www.polygraphplace.com /articles/vidocqsociety.htm (1844 words)

	Detective Fiction on Stamps: France: Vidocq
		François Eugène Vidocq was not a fictional detective...
		"François Eugène Vidocq was an ex-convict who set up the Brigade de la Sûreté, the French national detective police force, and went on to become the world's first private detective.
		The Vidocq Dossier, by Samuel Edwards, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1977
	www.trussel.com /detfic/vidocq.htm (247 words)

	Vidocq
		But they decided to take a chance, and vidocq became so successful that by 1811 he had established a security department within the police department called the Sûreté, which is still the name used by the French police force.
		But by 1828, the ever-restless Vidocq had resigned his post, either out of boredom, or possibly due to harrassment from jealous rivals in the police department.
		There was even a film based on Vidocq's memoirs, but amazingly enough, A Scanadal in Paris (1946) wasn't some dark, exciting adventure full of action and derring do, but a period piece/bedroom farce played for laughs, starring George Sanders and Carole Landis.
	www.thrillingdetective.com /eyes/vidocq.html (742 words)

	Vidocq - Moviefone
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		Vidocq review François Vidocq (Gérard Depardieu), a former cop turned detective, investigates.
		Vidocq - Cast & Crew, movie showtimes, plot, synopsis, exclusive features, trailers, clips, theater listings, reviews, message boards, dvd, videos, rentals and more on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /movie/vidocq/1125210/main (119 words)

	Amazon.com: Vidocq (Original French Version with English Subtitles): DVD: Gerard Depardieu,Sylvestre Guarino,Guillaume ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The creature removes his mask and Vidocq - the ex-con who has become a legendary detective - is horrified.-- Vidocq loosens his grip and falls into the abyss.-- It's 1864, and troubling events are striking terror in the heart of Paris.
		This is a shame, because Vidocq is like nothing you have ever seen, whereas I am sure Catwoman will be the opposite.
		Their fight in the beginning of the movie ends up with Vidocq's death and the story is narrated by a young journalist who is determined to find this villain and avenge the slain detective.
	www.amazon.com /Vidocq-Original-Version-English-Subtitles/dp/B000277SCY (1858 words)

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