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Directed by: Jean Cocteau
Featuring: Jean Marais, Francois Perier, Maria Casarès, Marie Déa, Henri Crémieux, Juliette Gréco, Roger Blin, Edouard Dermithe, Maurice Carnège, René Worms, Pierre Bertin, Jacques Varennes, Jean-Pierre Melville
Jean Cocteau’s update of the Orpheus myth depicts a famous poet (Jean Marais), scorned by the Left Bank youth, and his love for both his wife, Eurydice (Marie Déa), and a mysterious princess (Maria Casarès). 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’s peerless visual poetry and dreamlike storytelling represent the legendary Cocteau at the height of his powers.
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Format: DVD
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1.33:1
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French 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
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English
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1
Discs:
2 Discs |
DVD-9
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Supplements
- Audio commentary featuring French-film scholar James S. Williams
- Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown (1984), a feature-length documentary
- Jean Cocteau and His Tricks (2008), a video interview with assistant director Claude Pinoteau
- 40 Minutes with Jean Cocteau (1957), an interview with the director
- In Search of Jazz (1956), an interview with Jean Cocteau on the use of jazz in the film
- La villa Santo-Sospir (1951), a 16 mm color film by Cocteau
- Gallery of images by French-film portrait photographer Roger Corbeau
- Raw newsreel footage from 1950 of the Saint-Cyr military academy ruins, a location used in the film
- Theatrical trailer
- Booklet with a new essay by author Mark Polizzotti and an essay on La villa Santo-Sospir by James S. Williams; and an excerpted article by Jean Cocteau on the film
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Producer: Susan Arosteguy
Artwork: Fred Davis
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