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MORE DIRECTORS CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #306 - THE FILMS OF JEAN COCTEAU

post #1 of 10
8/20/05 at 7:42am
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Rate 'em, Rank 'em, Review 'em, whatever

Volume #306 - Jean Cocteau

The Testament of Orpheus (1960)
8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements (1957)
La Villa Santo-Sospir (1952)
Coriolan (1950)
Orpheus (1949)
Les Parents Terribles (1948)
The Eagle Has Two Heads (1948)
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
The Blood of a Poet (1930)
Jean Cocteau fait du cinèma (1925)
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post #2 of 10
8/20/05 at 7:43am
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Rated from to
Titles in RED are theatrical screenings

Jean Cocteau
Jul 5, 1889 - Oct 11, 1963

The Testament of Orpheus (1960) (Own the DVD, haven't watched it yet)
8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements (1957)
La Villa Santo-Sospir (1952)
Coriolan (1950)
Orpheus (1949) (Own the DVD, haven't watched it yet)
Les Parents Terribles (1948)
The Eagle Has Two Heads (1948)
Beauty and the Beast (1946) (Own the DVD)
The Blood of a Poet (1930) (Own the DVD)
Jean Cocteau fait du cinèma (1925)


Seen 3
Own 4
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post #3 of 10
8/20/05 at 7:53am
Beauty and the Beast and the Orphic Trilogy.
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post #4 of 10
8/20/05 at 8:04am
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post #5 of 10
8/20/05 at 8:09am
Seen: 2
Like: 0
Own: 0

Rank order:

Beauty and the Beast (1946)
The Blood of a Poet (1930)
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post #6 of 10
8/20/05 at 8:24am

Ratings out of


JEAN COCTEAU (1889 - 1963)


The Testament of Orpheus (1960)
8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements (1957)
La Villa Santo-Sospir (1952)

Coriolan (1950)
Orpheus (1949)
Les Parents Terribles (1948)
The Eagle Has Two Heads (1948)
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
The Blood of a Poet (1930)
Jean Cocteau fait du cinèma (1925)

 




 


Edited by Jim_K - 5/3/11 at 7:46am
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post #7 of 10
8/20/05 at 11:30am
In order of merit:


1.Orpheus (1949) ****
2.Beauty and the Beast (1946) ****
3.Les Parents Terribles (1948) ***
4.The Blood of a Poet (1930) ***
5.The Testament of Orpheus (1960) ***
6.The Eagle Has Two Heads (1948) **1/2
7.La Villa Santo-Sospir (1952) **1/2
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post #8 of 10
8/21/05 at 12:59am
1. The Testament of Orpheus - B+
2. Beauty and the Beast - B
3. Orpheus - B
4. Blood of a Poet - C+

Own: 0
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post #9 of 10
10/31/06 at 1:16pm

Re: MORE DIRECTORS CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #306 - THE FILMS OF JEAN COCTEAU

Orpheus (1949) - 6/10
Beauty and the Beast (1946) - 10/10
The Blood of a Poet (1930) - 4/10

Love Belle et la Bete, love surrealism, but somehow Cocteau + surrealism doesn't work for me.
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post #10 of 10
10/9/09 at 11:58pm
Jean Cocteau

Orpheus (1949)                                     ++
Les Parents Terribles (1948)
The Eagle Has Two Heads (1948)
Beauty and the Beast (1946)                 +++++ (a personal fave)
The Blood of a Poet (1930)                    ++++
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