Beauty and the beast 1946 the criterion collection. Beauty and the beast is a 1946 french romantic fantasy film directed by french poet and filmmaker jean cocteau. This magical exploration of the fairytale is a compelling and bizarre masterpiece peter bradshaw, the guardian. Le film a t produit avec une excellente qualit graphique, meilleur. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. With jean marais, josette day, mila parely, nane germon. En 1960, appuye par truffaut, il tourne le testament dorphee. Cocteau begins his film by imploring his audience to regain their childhood sense of wonder and imagination before presenting a story with all the trappings of a classic fairytale made real though some of the most gorgeous uses of cinematic technique and practical effects. Quelques pistes possibles pour aborder le film avec les. Jean cocteau s beauty and the beast is a magical and transcendent ode to the limits of fantasy, brought to life with exceptional performances, aweinspiring production design, startling atmosphere, and luscious direction. Starring josette day as belle and jean marais as the beast, it is an. Jean marais and josette day beauty and the beast jean cocteau, 1946 i love the beast, and prefer him so much to the prin. Celebrate international european art cinema day with a special screening of jean cocteaus gorgeous 1946 french fantasy, beauty and the beast. Watching it now, you cant feel its audacity as you might have done at the time.
Apparait une affiche avec des costumes dessines et le nom du decorateur. In that release, these credits were presented straightforwardly, with nothing unusual about them, and with the title in english. Le cineaste avec lequel cocteau communique le plus, c. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. The film, claimed by some to be his best, takes the traditional childrens story and gives it a decidedly adult viewpoint. Presentation mode open print download current view. Luckily, we were able to see the restored version of this french masterpiece on the big screen. It was from this version that jean cocteau and then walt disney drew their famous adaptations. Le cineaste avec lequel cocteau communique le plus, cest hitchcock. A beautiful young woman takes her fathers place as the. Jean cocteaus ravishingly restored 1946 film is a cinematic classic.
As in the traditional story, the key roles are beauty, her father, the beast, beautys suitor, avenant and later the prince. Beauty and the beast 1946 directed by jean cocteau. Film, fernsehen, drama, literaturverfilmung, 40er, paar regie. Les saintsperes font vraiment des ouvrages eternels. Jean cocteau s ravishingly restored 1946 film is a cinematic classic. Alternate versions the 1946 american release of the film had an entirely different set of opening credits, and is the one available on vhs. In particular, the close ups are given a mesmerizing and transfixing sense of purity, adding to the theatrical and intimate. Forget disneys recent reiteration of the classic fairy tale and instead look back at where the tales magic began on film, with jean cocteau. Motion compensated film restoration motion picture.
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