Jean Cocteau's Orphic Trilogy (The Criterion Collection) [1 DVD9 & 2 DVD5s]

Decadent, subversive, and bristling with artistic invention, the myth-born cinema of Jean Cocteau disturbs as much as it charms. Cocteau was the most versatile of artists in prewar Paris. Poet, novelist, playwright, painter, celebrity, and maker of cinema—his many talents converged in bold, dreamlike films that continue to enthrall audiences around the world. In The Blood of a Poet, Orpheus, and Testament of Orpheus, Cocteau utilizes the Orphic myth to explore the complex relationships between the artist and his creations, reality and the imagination. The Criterion Collection is proud to present the DVD premiere of the Orphic Trilogy in a special limited-edition three-disc box set.

“Poets . . . shed not only the red blood of their hearts but the white blood of their souls,” proclaimed Jean Cocteau of his groundbreaking first film—an exploration of the plight of the artist, the power of metaphor and the relationship between art and dreams. One of cinema’s great experiments, this first installment of the Orphic Trilogy stretches the medium to its limits in an effort to capture the poet’s obsession with the struggle between the forces of life and death. Criterion is proud to present The Blood of a Poet (Le sang d’un poète).

Disc Features:
* New digital transfer, with restored sound
* New English subtitle translation
* A collection of rare behind-the-scenes photos
* Edgardo Cozarinsky’s renowned 66-minute 1984 documentary Cocteau: Autoportrait d’un Inconnu (Autobiography of an Unknown)
* A transcript of Cocteau’s lecture given at a 1932 screening of Blood of a Poet, and a 1946 essay by Cocteau
* A Cocteau bibliofilmography

Jean Cocteau’s 1940s update of the Orphic myth depicts Orpheus (Jean Marais), a famous poet scorned by the Left Bank youth, and his love for both his wife Eurydice (Marie Déa) and the mysterious Princess (Maria Casarès). Seeking inspiration, the poet follows the Princess from the world of the living to the land of the deceased through Cocteau’s trademark “mirrored portal.” As the myth unfolds, the director’s visually poetic style pulls the audience into realms both real and imagined in this, the centerpiece to his Orphic Trilogy.

Disc Features:
* New transfer, with digitally restored image and sound
* New English subtitle translation
* Cocteau’s 1950 essays on the film
* A Cocteau bibliofilmography

In his last film, legendary writer/artist/filmmaker Jean Cocteau portrays an 18th-century poet who travels through time on a quest for divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he meets several symbolic phantoms that bring about his death and resurrection. With an eclectic cast that includes Pablo Picasso, Jean-Pierre Leáud, Jean Marais and Yul Brynner, Testament of Orpheus (Le Testament de Orphée) brings full circle the journey Cocteau began in The Blood of a Poet, an exploration of the torturous relationship between the artist and his creations.

Disc Features:
* New digital transfer, with restored sound
* New English subtitle translation
* Villa Santo Sospir, a 16 mm color film by Cocteau featuring many of the locations used in The Testament of Orpheus
* A collection of Cocteau’s writings on the film
* A Cocteau bibliofilmography

DVD:
DVD RELEASE: 2000
STUDIO: Criterion
CATALOG: 66-9
SYSTEM: NTSC
SCREEN: 1.33:1
COLOUR: Black & White
AUDIO: French Dolby Digital Mono
SUBTITLES: English (Soft)

EXTRACTION:
ENGINE: DVD Decrypter
DVD: 1 Full Dual-Layer DVD & 2 Single-Layer DVDs
FILE EXTENSION: .ISO (Image)
FILE SIZE: 4.29/4.29/6.27GBs
SCANS FILE SIZE (400 DPI): 15MBs
TOTAL FILE SIZE: 14.87GBs

Scans:

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Discs:

Blood of a Poet:

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Orpheus:

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Testament of Orpheus:

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Discs:

Blood of a Poet:

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Orpheus:

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Testament of Orpheus:

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Discs:

Blood of a Poet:

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Orpheus:

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Testament of Orpheus:

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