Orphee

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Cocteau's fantastical updating of the Orpheus legend is cinematic poetry. Unforgettable and profoundly influential.

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Remastered edition: Commentary by Roland-Francois Lack; Documentary on Jean Cocteau: 'Lies and Truth'; Director and cast biographies

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Review by Bill Van Dane on 15th February 2002

A different slant on the Orpheus legend. As always fantasy is a major part of his work. Very well cast - and a very young Juliette Greco. Plenty of Marais, who was one of the best looking male stars of the era - why didn't the director tell him not to frown in almost every shot? Or was he always this way? Well worth another view if you are a Cocteau fan.

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Article - "Jean Cocteau - Legend of French Cinema" by Pasquale Iannone
Tuesday 3rd August 2004

Poet, playwright, painter and novelist, Jean Cocteau frequently cast doubts over his own ability as a director, insisting he had made use of the medium of film to show what poetry, novels, theatre and essays could merely describe. During his long, astonishingly proli...  View article in full

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