| Description |
2 videodiscs (95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (27 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) |
| Series |
Criterion Collection ; 68 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 68.
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| System Details |
DVD, Dolby digital mono., full screen (1.33:1) aspect ration, NTSC, region 1. |
| Language |
French dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1950. |
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Special features: disc one: new digital restoration ; audio commentary with James S. Williams ; disc two: |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Cast |
Jean Marais, Marie Dea. |
| Summary |
A 1950 update of the Orphic myth by Jean Cocteau that depicts a famous poet scorned by the Left Bank youth, and his love for both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead through Cocteau's famous mirrored portal. Orpheus represents the legendary Cocteau at the height of his abilities for peerless visual poetry and dreamlike storytelling. |
| Contents |
Disc one: feature film -- disc two: the documentary, Jean Cocteau: autobiography of an unknown (1984) ; video interviews: Jean Cocteau and his tricks (2008) ; 40 minutes with Jean Cocteau (1957) ; In search of jazz (1956). 16 mm film, La villa Santo-Sospir (1951) ; gallery of images by photographer Roger Corbeau ; raw newsreel footage from 1950 ; theatrical trailer. |
| Subject |
Orpheus (Greek mythological character) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (FRENCH), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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DVD-Video discs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films France.
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Motion pictures, French.
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| Added Author |
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963.
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Marais, Jean, 1913-1998.
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Déa, Marie.
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| Added Title |
Orpheus |
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Orphée |
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Criterion collection.
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Orpheus (Motion picture)
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| ISBN |
9781604654646 |
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1604654643 |
| Standard No. |
715515085519 |
| Music No. |
CC2050D The Criterion Collection |
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