Luckily, we were able to see the restored version of this french masterpiece on the big screen. Watching it now, you cant feel its audacity as you might have done at the time. Quelques pistes possibles pour aborder le film avec les. Drame, fantastique, romance, biopic, momies, inventeurs. Romance, familial, animation, fantastique, musique, concerts, guerre, ballet. Beauty and the beast 1946 directed by jean cocteau. Beauty and the beast film by cocteau 1946 britannica. Quand nous etions petites, cetait notre disney prefere a chacune, donc. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Starring josette day as belle and jean marais as the beast, it is an. Apparait une affiche avec des costumes dessines et le nom du decorateur. I have come to offer my life in exchange for my fathers. Allstarcinetext jean cocteau s erotic and surreal fable is now revived on the big screen as part of the bfis.
I love the look and feel of the film, the surreal dreamlike quality cocteau. Breathtaking imagery draws viewers into the enchanted realm of the magnificent beast and the gentle beauty who discovers the sensitive soul hidden beneath. It was from this version that jean cocteau and then walt disney drew their famous adaptations. The cd is a good sounding cd, but it is a cd, with the deficiencies that implies.
This is the reason why it can be described as especially unique, wonderfully charming and significantly interesting. He took a classic french fairy story originally written in 1740, but probably based on earlier events and stories and produced a masterpiece of image and allegory. It was the first feature film by french director jean cocteau, a writer, poet and painter with ties to the surrealists. Jean marais, josette day, marcel andre, mila parely, nane germon, michel auclair, jean cocteau, jean marais, josette day, andre paulve. Beauty and the beast is a 1946 french romantic fantasy film directed by french poet and filmmaker jean cocteau. Forget disneys recent reiteration of the classic fairy tale and instead look back at where the tales magic began on film, with jean cocteau. The story of a gentlehearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl. Lenfance croit ce quon lui raconte et ne le met pas en doute. As in the traditional story, the key roles are beauty, her father, the beast, beautys suitor, avenant and later the prince. With primitive but still disturbingly effective special effects, cocteau creates a surreal fable filled with dark erotic and freudian undertones dont miss the opportunity to catch this digitally restored version of jean. A brief to design promotional material for a theatre production of beauty and the beast. 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. Cinema cinemas jean marais octobre 1987 jean marais evoque son rapport aux cineastes 21122018.
Jean cocteau original opera by philip glass written for the film. Hello, sorry to write in english but my french is not good but i learn it. Instead of using the disney adaptation, i wanted to focus on the traditional story. Il avait six enfans, trois garcons et trois filles. Without revisiting all of the tales interpretations, a comingofage story can be detected designed to resolve the duality of being, with belle embodying the human soul and the beast being its life force and instincts with jean cocteau, whose film appeared in cinemas in 1946, the focus is on the portrayal of the artists inner demons through the beasts duality. Etre dans les coulisses du tournage dun film culte, cest vraiment passionnant. The director, jean cocteau, undertook the hugely ambitious project, in part to cheer and enthuse his fellow countrymen, bruised and traumatised by the preceding 6 years. Other articles where beauty and the beast is discussed. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. A beautiful young woman takes her fathers place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her. Lecole des lettres des colleges paris, 01102000, 20000104, p. To read his thoughts and read about his struggles during the making of this film, was of immense interest to me.
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