After the tremendous popular success of the Fantômas novels, both of the major French film studios — Pathé and Gaumont — vied for the rights to produce films based on the series. Gaumont won, and from April 1913 to May 1914 Louis Feuillade directed five Fantômas films which critic David Thomson has described as "the first great movie experience."一天，一个人来到一家饭店，坐下后叫服务员：“请问你们有没有以前的菜单？”服务员回答：“我们有啊，但是为什么您要以前的菜单呢？”那个人回答：“因为我的胃只能接受过去的食物。”
