Jean Cocteau

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A Night at the Opera
6.5

A Night at the Opera

Sep. 29, 2020

A Night at the Opera

A documentary view of the galas of Paris’s Palais Garnier in the 1950s and ’60s.
The Image Book
6.2

The Image Book

Oct. 11, 2018

The Image Book

In Le Livre d’Image, Jean-Luc Godard recycles existing images (films, documentaries, paintings, television archives, etc.), quotes excerpts from ...
Venom and Eternity
6.7

Venom and Eternity

Jan. 25, 1952

Venom and Eternity

In this experimental film, Isidore Isou, the leader of the lettrist movement, lashes out at conventional cinema and offers a revolutionary form ...
La Villa Santo-Sospir
6.5

La Villa Santo-Sospir

Dec. 05, 1952

La Villa Santo-Sospir

Cocteau takes the viewer on a tour of a friend’s villa on the French coast (a major location used in Testament of Orpheus). The house ...
America as Seen by a Frenchman
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America as Seen by a Frenchman

At the end of the 1950s, French documentarian François Reichenbach spent eighteen months traveling the United States, documenting its diverse ...
Testament of Orpheus
7.2

Testament of Orpheus

Feb. 18, 1960

Testament of Orpheus

An 18th century poet travels through time in search of divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he has a series of enigmatic encounters with ...
The Storm Within
6.9

The Storm Within

Dec. 01, 1948

The Storm Within

Young Michel is in love with the attractive Madeleine, so he decides to tell his parents of his intention to marry her. He thinks his ...
Beauty and the Beast
7.9

Beauty and the Beast

Oct. 29, 1946

Beauty and the Beast

The story of a gentle-hearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl. She is drawn to the repellent but strangely fascinating Beast, who ...
The Blood of a Poet
7.2

The Blood of a Poet

Jan. 20, 1932

The Blood of a Poet

In a poet’s room, an armless statue abruptly comes to life. It invites the poet to step through a mirror and to discover another world. Strange ...