Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present The Blood of a Poet on Friday, Nov. 24, at 8 p.m. at Flood Gallery Fine Art Center, 2160 U.S. 70, Swannanoa.
The Blood of a Poet (Le Sange d’un Poete)
Movie Information
In Brief: The first of French Avant-garde director Jean Cocteau's films, Le Sange d'un Poete (1932) may not carry the same level of esteem as his later works such as La Belle et la Bête (1946), but it's a fascinating artifact nonetheless. Yes, it may be a little rough around the edges, but Cocteau's literary sensibilities and Surrealist tendencies are already fully formed. More visual poetry than narrative cinema, the "story" is not so much the point as the emotions it evokes. A poignant meditation on the artistic temperament and creative pursuits that was clearly influenced by his father's suicide, with this film Cocteau created something profoundly personal that points the way to the cinematic legacy he would go on to craft.
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| Genre: | Fantasy |
| Director: | Jean Cocteau |
| Starring: | Enrique Rivero, Pauline Carton, Feral Benga, Jean Desbordes, Lee Miller |
| Rated: | NR |
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