tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post7739362316968406113..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: Halfway House: Beauty Strangely Drawn to BeastNATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-48396544358165922132009-12-12T14:56:24.348-05:002009-12-12T14:56:24.348-05:00If you want to see him with green skin, the Fantôm...If you want to see him with green skin, the Fantômas saga...<br /><br />If not all the Cocteau's films as everyone has already said and why not in his last great film : Peau d'âne directed by Jacques Demy ?<br /><br />He is also known thanks to his roles in swashbucklers like ( Le bossu, Le capitaine Fracasse and so on)archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171263870123799926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-7483033809760191162009-12-11T02:34:54.423-05:002009-12-11T02:34:54.423-05:00Yeah, those pearls were really weird. They're ...Yeah, those pearls were really weird. They're not a necklace, but a kind of drapey thing with two brooches on either end. At first, Belle wore them assymetrically, which was just odd. Then she placed the two brooch end pieces symmetrically just above each arm pit, which looked better. But the jewellery of another era - strange.adrinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-16468002822925715012009-12-11T01:20:58.265-05:002009-12-11T01:20:58.265-05:00Cette robe est la bête, non?
I mean, look at tha...Cette robe est la bête, non? <br /><br />I mean, look at that awful dress, and those pearls! What were they thinking!?Chris Na Tarajahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06545312034833563234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-72216166221910967262009-12-10T23:51:12.165-05:002009-12-10T23:51:12.165-05:00I liked "Orpheus", and although I saw &q...I liked "Orpheus", and although I saw "The Eagle with Two Heads", I don't remember much about it (I was watching for Edwige Feuillere, to see what she was like). I'd like to see "Elena and her Men", which is Jean Marais with Ingrid Bergman, directed by Jean Renoir.<br /><br />Similar to Cocteau's "La Belle et le Bete" (which I just bought a couple of weeks ago, Janus Films Presents: Essential Art House), I'd suggest Marcel Carne's "Les Visitors du Soir", another medieval fable, written by the poet Jacques Prevert, where the devil's two emissaries come to earth to tempt humans, but one falls in love instead.adrinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-5892364898960357662009-12-10T19:46:45.313-05:002009-12-10T19:46:45.313-05:00Actually, Cocteau died the DAY after Edith Piaf pa...Actually, Cocteau died the DAY after Edith Piaf passed. They must indeed have been great friends...Stéphanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-68539456889956393912009-12-10T19:21:59.758-05:002009-12-10T19:21:59.758-05:00My f*cking lovely cat (he's actually my son bu...My f*cking lovely cat (he's actually my son but everyone seems to think he is just a cat...) did something and turned off my pc will I was writing the previous post. He just hates me sometimes!!Jim Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-44158775086088397602009-12-10T19:20:18.653-05:002009-12-10T19:20:18.653-05:00Great piece!! (I mean the one about Little Mermaid...Great piece!! (I mean the one about Little Mermaid)<br /><br />I am glad I was born when I was born. That way I was able to watch the great Disney films as a kid at cinema! I was around 5 when I saw Little Mermaid. You all know what followed. Real luck! I used to obsess over new animated films!Jim Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-37974542313987148002009-12-10T19:05:09.734-05:002009-12-10T19:05:09.734-05:00I'm a big Cocteau fan, especially his play The...I'm a big Cocteau fan, especially his play The Infernal Machine. A brilliant twist of Oedipus that provides stronger commentary on the method modern and Greek drama than Anoilh's Antigone. But I digress. Orphee is great.OtherRoberthttp://www.trentsketch.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-87645226525956225462009-12-10T18:59:00.589-05:002009-12-10T18:59:00.589-05:00Three Cocteau's movies with Jean Marais :
Orp...Three Cocteau's movies with Jean Marais :<br /><br />Orphée<br />Le Testament d'Orphée<br />L'Aigle à deux têtes (The Eagle with Two Heads)<br /><br />Surrealist and kitchissime !!<br /><br />A great poet and also very succesfull playwriter and a painter (see the wa,lls of the Menton's cityhall on the Cote d'Azur and the "Musée Jean Cocteau" in the same city, in an old fortress built in the siteen century by the Grimaldis of Monaco).<br /><br />So many talents in only one man. <br /><br />His epitaph on is grave : I stay among you (Je reste avec vous). <br /><br />Died a few weeks after Edith Piaf's death. They were great friends.Freddelyonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-71779417684108457602009-12-10T18:25:43.599-05:002009-12-10T18:25:43.599-05:00Sorry, wrong post for the above comment . Had a lo...Sorry, wrong post for the above comment . Had a looong week ...adelutzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01500491363721543846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-40039570068069581782009-12-10T18:24:39.246-05:002009-12-10T18:24:39.246-05:00Oh, and for me, the actress of the decade is Meryl...Oh, and for me, the actress of the decade is Meryl Streep , for sure.adelutzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01500491363721543846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-76281137324249552942009-12-10T17:07:45.885-05:002009-12-10T17:07:45.885-05:00Jim T -- i forgot to include the link to my piece ...Jim T -- i forgot to include the link to my piece on The Little Mermaid but it's one of my favorite things I've ever written. <br /><br />if you click on that link (i just added it) you can read that article for a lot more detail on what i was referring to there.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-77738000441646625982009-12-10T16:17:16.690-05:002009-12-10T16:17:16.690-05:00A resounding oui for the whole Orphic trilogy; Orp...A resounding oui for the whole Orphic trilogy; <i>Orphée</i> makes a great follow-up to <i>Belle et la Bête</i>, with its similar visual magic and yearning Jean Marais. And from there either <i>Sang</i> or <i>Testament</i> for a step away from narrative cinema. Such beautiful films!Andreashttp://mendthiscrack.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-9698666871562239722009-12-10T16:02:15.824-05:002009-12-10T16:02:15.824-05:00Beauty and the Beast (the animated) is my favourit...Beauty and the Beast (the animated) is my favourite movie. I haven't seen this one but I don't think I want another take on the story. I think I want to keep believing Disney owns the only authentic version. <br /><br /><br />Nathaniel, what do you mean about Little Mermaid?? Where is the sexuality hidden? I really like this movie and saw it again recently but I totally missed that. I'm too innocent :pJim Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-57124412802344735322009-12-10T14:58:41.448-05:002009-12-10T14:58:41.448-05:00If you want to read a really interesting surrealis...If you want to read a really interesting surrealist play, his "The Wedding on the Eiffel Tower" is a trip.David Coleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13633516115771684618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-41533874867168839682009-12-10T14:52:54.844-05:002009-12-10T14:52:54.844-05:00This is one of my faves ever. I have a clip of an...This is one of my faves ever. I have a clip of an original print that someone gave me who was projecting it once. It's during the portion he tells her the secrets of his power. It's an exquisite movie.<br /><br />ce sont les trois secrets de ma puissancccccceeee. Ma mirroire, mon gant, ma clef d'orrrrrrrrr.<br /><br />I still haven't seen Orpheus myself, and hear it's gorgeous. Between him and Powell/Pressburger, there are some great movies.Criticlasmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15942568777607340234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-65508846335798953042009-12-10T14:19:57.836-05:002009-12-10T14:19:57.836-05:00The whole Orphic trilogy is a must!The whole Orphic trilogy is a must!Notas Sobre Creación Cultural e Imaginarios Socialeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01423835555933819338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-10600826087397253022009-12-10T13:22:06.257-05:002009-12-10T13:22:06.257-05:00J'adore Jean et Jean! One of my absolute favou...J'adore Jean et Jean! One of my absolute favourite director/actor relationships. <i>La Belle et la Bete</i> is number one for me, but <i>Orphée</i> is also gorgeous.<br />I would also recomend Cocteau's literary works!Rebeckahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703509241239634616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-10183243274416559172009-12-10T13:10:02.217-05:002009-12-10T13:10:02.217-05:00Il faut que tu visites la maison de cocteau dans l...Il faut que tu visites la maison de cocteau dans le sud de la France. Delirant!<br /><br />(I'll late you translate).Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10666567410107229218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-65039399657031467882009-12-10T12:13:36.301-05:002009-12-10T12:13:36.301-05:00You totally have to see Orpheus (or Orphée, to use...You totally have to see <i>Orpheus</i> (or <i>Orphée</i>, to use the French title) with Marais in the title role. Looking forward to your reaction!Rob T.noreply@blogger.com