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Orpheus (Criterion Collection) (1950) On DVD

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Actor :     Jean Marais, Francois Perier, Maria Casares, Marie Dea, Henri Cremieux
Director:  Jean Cocteau
Genre:     Drama 
Year:        1950
Studio:     Criterion Collection
Length:     95
Released: August 30, 2011
Rating:      Unrated (Video)
Format:     DVD
Misc:          NTSC, Black & White
Language: French
Subtitles :  English

DESCRIPTION:

This 1950 update of the Orphic myth by Jean Cocteau (Beauty and the Beast) 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 represents the legendary Cocteau at the height of his abilities for peerless visual poetry and dreamlike storytelling.
Special Features:
New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack

Audio commentary by French film scholar James Williams

Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown, a 1984 feature-length documentary

Video piece from 2008 featuring assistant director Claude Pinoteau on the special effects in the film

40 Minutes with Jean Cocteau, an interview with the director from 1957

In Search of Jazz, a 1956 interview with Cocteau on the use of jazz in the film

La villa Santo-Sospir, a 16 mm color Cocteau film from 1951

Gallery of images by French film portrait photographer Roger Corbeau

Raw newsreel footage of the Saint-Cyr military academy ruins, a location used in the film

Theatrical trailer

PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by author Mark Polizzotti, selected Cocteau writings on the film, and an essay on La villa Santo-Sospir by Williams

Actor :     Jean Marais, Francois Perier, Maria Casares, Marie Dea, Henri Cremieux
Director:  Jean Cocteau
Genre:     Drama 
Year:        1950
Studio:     Criterion Collection
Length:     95
Released: August 30, 2011
Rating:      Unrated (Video)
Format:     DVD
Misc:          NTSC, Black & White
Language: French
Subtitles :  English

DESCRIPTION:

This 1950 update of the Orphic myth by Jean Cocteau (Beauty and the Beast) 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 represents the legendary Cocteau at the height of his abilities for peerless visual poetry and dreamlike storytelling.
Special Features:
New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack

Audio commentary by French film scholar James Williams

Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown, a 1984 feature-length documentary

Video piece from 2008 featuring assistant director Claude Pinoteau on the special effects in the film

40 Minutes with Jean Cocteau, an interview with the director from 1957

In Search of Jazz, a 1956 interview with Cocteau on the use of jazz in the film

La villa Santo-Sospir, a 16 mm color Cocteau film from 1951

Gallery of images by French film portrait photographer Roger Corbeau

Raw newsreel footage of the Saint-Cyr military academy ruins, a location used in the film

Theatrical trailer

PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by author Mark Polizzotti, selected Cocteau writings on the film, and an essay on La villa Santo-Sospir by Williams
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