The Blood of a Poet
“Poets . . . shed not only the red blood of their hearts but the white blood of their souls,” proclaimed Jean Cocteau of his groundbreaking first film—an exploration of the plight of the artist, the power of metaphor and the relationship between art and dreams. One of cinema’s great experiments, this first installment of the Orphic Trilogy stretches the medium to its limits in an effort to capture the poet’s obsession with the struggle between the forces of life and death. Criterion is proud to present The Blood of a Poet (Le sang d’un poète).
Special Features
- Edgardo Cozarinsky’s renowned 66-minute 1984 documentary Cocteau: Autoportrait d’un Inconnu (Autobiography of an Unknown)
- Transcript of Cocteau’s lecture given at a 1932 screening of Blood of a Poet, and a 1946 essay by Cocteau
- Cocteau bibliofilmography
- Collection of rare behind-the-scenes photos
- New English subtitle translation
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Collector's Set
Special Features
- Edgardo Cozarinsky’s renowned 66-minute 1984 documentary Cocteau: Autoportrait d’un Inconnu (Autobiography of an Unknown)
- Transcript of Cocteau’s lecture given at a 1932 screening of Blood of a Poet, and a 1946 essay by Cocteau
- Cocteau bibliofilmography
- Collection of rare behind-the-scenes photos
- New English subtitle translation
Cast
- Lee Miller
- Statue
- Enrique Rivero
- Poet
- Jean Desbordes
- Louis XV Friend
- Féral Benga
- Black Angel
Credits
- Director
- Jean Cocteau
- Settings, montage, and commentary by
- Jean Cocteau
- Music
- Georges Auric
- Technical director
- Michael J. Arnaud
- Cinematography
- Georges Périnal
- Sound
- Henri Labrély
- Sound effects
- R.C.A. Photophone
- Set decoration
- Jean d'Eaubonne
- Orchestra conducted by
- Edouard Flament
- Accessories by
- Maison Berthelin
- Plaster casts by
- Plastikos
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