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By Cody C (666) on 16 Feb 2012

A delightfully convoluted film that serves as kind of a precursor to 'Eternal Sunshine', 'Defending Your Life', 'Dogma' and other films that…

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By Ojas V (88) on 27 Dec 2011

Although the plot isn't original and it's not the first nor the last film to set the orpheus myth in a modern setting it is a great visual…

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By Daniel K (1,478) on 15 Dec 2011

4: No one has made, makes, or will make films like Cocteau. He is a unique visionary. Every one of his pictures is unmistakably his own…

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By Jason D (1,490) on 15 Oct 2011

One of the greatest classic genre films of all times, from one of the old masters of filmmaking! Every fan of the genre needs to see it,…

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By Chris B (2,902) on 08 Oct 2011

Another poetic and beautifully lensed film from Jean Cocteau on a subject he is very fond of both professionally and personally…

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By Jack G (1,167) on 30 Aug 2011

Cocteau uses his astonishing cinematic abilities to merge magical elements and catchy technical camera tricks to confirm himself as a poet,…

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By Kevin N (818) on 12 Jul 2011

A film that is full of paradoxes- which are the precise things that make it both a success and a failure…

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By Ami I (21) on 23 May 2011

Set in contemporary Paris, the movie is a variation of the classic Greek myth of Orpheus…

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By Sausages M (143) on 24 Apr 2011

Absolutely beautiful and beguiling film…

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By Adrian B (1,364) on 08 Apr 2011

Before the The French New Wave of exciting films, Jean Cocteau's released this visual gem of poetry and death…

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By Marcus M (342) on 28 Mar 2011

The use of simple special effects (reverse, negative film, mirror images) is put to great use to make a quite a wonderful, romantic magical…

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By Nooshin P (20) on 20 Jan 2011

An amazing mysterious cinematic adaptation of myths and literature. The applied techniques was quite impressive…

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By Christopher S (2,154) on 29 Dec 2010

Jean Cocteau explored the famous Greek myth of Orpheus three times in his career: Blood Of a Poet (Le Sang d'Un Poete) (1930), Orpheus (OrphÃ…

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By Grant W (306) on 05 Nov 2010

Perhaps fittingly, I kept falling asleep and waking back up (I think) as I rewatched Orpheus after a many-year break…

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By Anne F (623) on 31 Aug 2010

Do yourself a favour and netflix the trilogy, the first movie ( my favourite) is a silent from the late 20's then the next one is 1950 and…

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By Al M (1,263) on 07 May 2010

Cocteau's fantasy films are all top notch, but I'm starting to get tired of french movies…

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By Justin M (1,525) on 12 Mar 2010

The second part in the Orphic Trilogy…

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By Y'ng Y (59) on 22 Feb 2010

Disregarding the period & place attached to the original myth, and with the deft surrealist touch of Jean Cocteau, it achieves a fairytale…

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By Chuck P (40) on 12 Feb 2010

Like watching a dream, or a nightmare depending on how you look at it…

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By Pera K (57) on 02 Dec 2009

Tlusty stek z maslanym puree I zasmazana fasolka. Uczta dla oka, ale mozg musi sie nasilic aby przetrawic…

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