Book Description
This book is written in French. Le sang du pote (1930) est un pome de cinma, un film claireur de l'oeuvre cinmatographique de Cocteau. Il claire son cycle orphique qui par rcurrence est travers par les rayons d'Orphe et du Testament. Dans cet ouvrage, il s'agit d'un dcoupage plan plan du film, intgrant le texte de Jean Cocteau et les traits descriptifs supplmentaires. The Blood of a Poet (1930) is a cinematic poem, a benchmark in the cinematographic work of Cocteau. It pointed the way to his Orphic cycle, which is repeatedly crossed by the rays of Orpheus and of Testament. This work contains a shot-by-shot breakdown of the film, incorporating the text by Jean Cocteau and additional descriptive features.
About the Author
Crateur, Cocteau occupe une place particulire dans la littrature. Il s'est essay tous les genres: romans, thtre, posie mais aussi dessins, peintures et films. travers des images et des personnages peu communs, Cocteau construit un univers o la mythologie se mle au surrel, o les frontires du mensonge et de la vrit s'estompent. As a creator, Cocteau occupies a particular place in literature. He tried his hand at many genres: novels, plays, poetry, drawing, painting and film. By means of images and unusual characters, Cocteau constructs a universe in which mythology blends with the surreal, where the dividing line between lies and truth becomes blurred.