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Le Sang d'un poète / de Jean Cocteau ; The Criterion Collection ; Janus Films ; Canal+ Image International.
LIBRA DVD 009 294 disc + pamphlet
Available from offsite location
LIBRA DVD PN1997 .S364 2000 disc + pamphlet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963, author, director.
- Series:
- Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963. Orphic trilogy ; 1.
- Criterion collection ; 67
- Jean Cocteau's Orphic trilogy ; [1]
- The Classic collection
- Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
- Criterion collection ; 67.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Orpheus (Greek mythological character)--Drama.
- Orpheus.
- Orpheus (Greek mythological character).
- Art in motion pictures.
- Surrealism in motion pictures.
- Motion pictures, French.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + pamphlet ([6] pages ; 18 cm).
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Title on disc and container: Blood of a poet
- Place of Publication:
- [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2000]
- Language Note:
- French dialogue with English subtitles and intertitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- 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.
- Participant:
- Lee Miller, Pauline Carton, Odette Talazac, Enrique Rivero, Jean Desbordes, Fernand Dichamps, Lucien Jager, Féral Benga, Barbette.
- Credits:
- Camera, Georges Périnal ; music, Georges Auric.
- Notes:
- Issued in slipcase with title: Jean Cocteau's Orphic trilogy.
- DVD release of the 1930 motion picture.
- Special features include: new English subtitle translation ; collection of rare and behind-the-scenes photos ; Edgardo Cozarinsky's 66-minute documentary Jean Cocteau : autoportrait d'un inconnu (Autobiography of an unknown) ; a transcript of Cocteau's lecture given at a 1932 screening of The blood of a poet, and a 1946 essay on the film by Cocteau ; a Cocteau bibliofilmography.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- Contains:
- Jean Cocteau : autoportrait d'un inconnu.
- ISBN:
- 0780023072 :
- OCLC:
- 44274563
- Publisher Number:
- BLO030 Criterion Collection
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