Orphée [videorecording] = Orpheus / Janus Films ; SNC Groupe M6 ; CNC A, Archives françaises du film ; André Paulvé présente ; un film écrit et réalisé par Jean Cocteau ; une production André Paulvé.
2011
PN1997 .O772 2011
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Title
Orphée [videorecording] = Orpheus / Janus Films ; SNC Groupe M6 ; CNC A, Archives françaises du film ; André Paulvé présente ; un film écrit et réalisé par Jean Cocteau ; une production André Paulvé.
Edition
Two-DVD special ed.
ISBN
9781604654646
1604654643
1604654643
Publication Details
[New York, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2011.
Language
French
Language Note
In French; optional subtitles in English.
Description
2 videodiscs (95 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (27 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.).
Item Number
715515085519
Call Number
PN1997 .O772 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.43/72
Distributor No.
CC2050DDVD The Criterion Collection
Summary
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.
Note
Title from webpage.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1950.
"New digital restoration."--Container.
Special features: 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 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; original theatrical trailer; audio commentary by French-film scholar James S. Williams.
The second film in a series sometimes referred to as Jean Cocteau's Orphic trilogy.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1950.
"New digital restoration."--Container.
Special features: 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 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; original theatrical trailer; audio commentary by French-film scholar James S. Williams.
The second film in a series sometimes referred to as Jean Cocteau's Orphic trilogy.
Credits
Director of photography, Nicolas Heyer; editor, Jacqueline Sadoul; music, Georges Auric.
Performer
Jean Marais, François Périer, Marie Déa, Maria Casarès.
Cast
Jean Marais, François Périer, Marie Déa, Maria Casarès.
System Details Note
DVD, NTSC, Region 1; Dolby Digital mono.
Added Author
Added Corporate Author
Series
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963. Orphic trilogy ; 2.
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 68.
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 68.
Includes
Villa Santa-Sospir
Record Appears in
Table of Contents
Disc 1. Feature
disc 2. Special features.
disc 2. Special features.