Jean Cocteau's Orpheus (2011 DVDs, Criterion Collection) Pristine! No Scratches!

Description: Everything looks like it has just been unsealed. No Scratches From The Criterion Collection: From Jean Cocteau’s update of the Orpheus myth depicts a famous poet (Jean Marais), scorned by the Left Bank youth, and his love for both his wife, Eurydice (Marie Déa), and a mysterious princess (Maria Casarès). 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’s peerless visual poetry and dreamlike storytelling represent the legendary Cocteau at the height of his powers. DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURESRestored digital transferAudio commentary featuring French-film scholar James S. WilliamsJean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown (1984), a feature-length documentaryJean Cocteau and His Tricks (2008), a video interview with assistant director Claude Pinoteau40 Minutes with Jean Cocteau (1957), an interview with the directorIn Search of Jazz (1956), an interview with Cocteau on the use of jazz in the filmLa villa Santo-Sospir (1951), a 16 mm color film by CocteauGallery of images by French-film portrait photographer Roger CorbeauRaw newsreel footage from 1950 of the Saint-Cyr military academy ruins, a location used in the filmTheatrical trailerPLUS: A new essay by author Mark Polizzotti and an essay on La villa Santo-Sospir by Williams; and an excerpted article by Cocteau on the filmNew cover by Fred Davis Film InfoFrance195095 minutesBlack & White1.33:1FrenchSpine #68 If you have any questions, please ask. Thank you

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