TV Guide: Jean Cocteau

Video: Orpheus (1949) -- (Movie Clip) At Your Service

TCM — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Euridyce (Marie Dea), wife of the hero, receives the mysterious chauffeur Heurtebise (Francois Perier) after the unexpected return of her husband, in Jean Cocteau's Orpheus, 1949.

Video: Orpheus (1949) -- (Movie Clip) You Will Serve Me

TCM — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

"The Princess" (Maria Casares) resurrects poet Cegeste (Edouard Dermit) and takes him through a mirror through which the hero (Jean Marais) cannot follow, as things get wild in Jean Cocteau's Orpheus, 1949.

Video: Orpheus (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Make Yourself Useful

TCM — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The poet Cegeste (Edouard Dermit) gets grabbed by the cops, hit by a motorcycle, then collected by "The Princess" (Maria Casares), who commandeers the title character (Jean Marais), a bystander, in Jean Cocteau's Orpheus, 1949.

Video: Orpheus (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Cafe Des Poetes

TCM — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Quickly establishing the post-war Left-bank milieu, popular poet (and title character) Jean Marais expresses disdain for the goings-on at the cafe, in Jean Cocteau's Orpheus, 1949.

Video: Orpheus (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Myth

TCM — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The writer and director narrates over elegant opening credits in the celebrated first film in Jean Cocteau's "Orphic Trilogy," Orpheus, 1949, starring Jean Marais.

Video: Trailer

Trailer Addict — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

From the slums of Paris to the limelight of New York, Edith Piaf's life was a battle to sing and survive, live and love. Raised in poverty, Edith's magical voice and her passionate romances and friendships with the greatest names of the period - Yves Montand, Jean Cocteau, Charles Aznavour, Marlene Dietrich, Marcel Cerdan and others - made her a star all around the world. But in her audacious attempt to tame her tragic destiny, the Little Sparrow - her nickname - flew so high she could not fail to burn her wings.

Video: A Single Glass of Water Lights Up the World

IMDB Videos — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

This current work continues to explore the interrelation between body, space and movements. Conceptualized as a split-screen projection. A naked female figure enters into the low-lit studio space and starts a playful improvisation triggered by her magnified reflection projected on the floor. The work explores the complexity of reality and space. The place of the body in a fragmented multi- layered world. The piece has been inspired by Jean Cocteau`s Orphee" (1950)

Video: Beauty and the Beast -- (Movie Clip) Beauty and Beast

TCM — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

An early encounter between beauty (Josette Day) and the beast (Jean Marais) from Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast, 1946.

Video: Beauty and the Beast (Movie Clip) Credits

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Opening credits for director Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast, (1946) starring Jean Marais and Josette Day.