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Series
Criterion collection volume 48
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
[Special ed.].
Language
Portuguese
Description
The legend of Orpheus and Eurydice set in Rio de Janeiro at Carnival time.
8) Orpheus
Series
Criterion collection volume 68
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Français
Description
A 1950 update of the Orphic myth by Jean Cocteau that depicts a famous poet scorned by the Left Bank youth, and his love for both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead through Cocteau's famous mirrored portal. Orpheus represents the legendary Cocteau at the height of his abilities for peerless visual poetry and dreamlike storytelling.
10) Le testament d'Orpheé, ou, Ne me demandez pas pourquoi: Testament of Orpheus, or, Do not ask me why
Series
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
Français
Description
In his last film Cocteau portrays an 18th century poet who travels through time on a quest for divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he meets several symbolic phantoms that bring about his death and resurrection. The film finished the circle of the journey begun in Blood of a Poet, exploring the torturous relationship between the artist and his creations.
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Limited édition.
Language
Français
Description
1. Jean Cocteau turns the Orpheus legend into a story of a poet and his encounter with death and the middle world. 2. An artist is driven mad by the sight of his own blood and a drawing of a mouth that seems to come to life. The combination sends him off on a series of bizarre adventures that strive to explain how artists become obsessed with their own works. 3. In his last film Cocteau portrays an 18th century poet who travels through time on a quest...
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