Tag Archives: Jean Cocteau

Movie Poster Du Jour: “Beauty and the Beast”

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Issued for the ’50s re-release of Cocteau’s great fantasy film. With suitably enchanting art by Jean-Denis Malcles. The movie can be streamed on Hulu.

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“Juliette”

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In the 1951 “Juliette” Marcel Carne attempts to evoke Cocteau but mostly succeeds in calling attention to his unCocteauness. The movie is gauche where it needs to be lyrical, deliberate where it needs to be suggestive. … Continue reading

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