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In Reply to: My very small collection of films I just could not finish posted by Victor Khomenko on December 9, 2005 at 14:39:03:
whole thing a couple of weeks ago. Then, last week, I saw Orpheus (for the umpteenth time, but for the first in years)--- and I forgave Cocteau. A masterpiece. Death, the motorcycle messengers, Heurtebise, the beautiful raven-haired shop owner named Angla-something or other... The beginning shots of the young "poets" in the cafe I found fascinating and watched mutltiple times in slow-mo. They looked so contemporary and there were so many "babes" in there!
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I guess I must allow myself some de-Cocteau-ization period before seeing another of his films.So you sat through the whole thing? Was it worth the torture? I could see certain esthetic value to the exercise... I can live on esthetics alone for some time, but from time to time my body wants red meat too.
harm me. I wouldn't miss any sleep thinking I had let a great cinematic experience get away, were I you. It was an experiment which Cocteau and his friends enjoyed but I think one had to be there to "get it."
Orpheus really is quite different and I rate it equal to Beauty and the Beast, which I greatly enjoy.
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Why should I write a word more? You said it all.
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