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Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (UK: / ˈ k ɒ k t oʊ / KOK-toh, US: / k ɒ k ˈ t oʊ / kok-TOH; French: [ʒɑ̃ mɔʁis øʒɛn klemɑ̃ kɔkto]; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic.
The film is a blend of Cocteau's classical aesthetics and the Baroque stylings of Surrealism. Cocteau's voice satirically explores his character's obsession with fame and death: "Those who smash statues should beware of becoming one". Dissolution of personal identity is presented in contrast with Western emphasis on stability and repetition.
Opium: Diary of a Cure is a 1930 work by the French artist and writer Jean Cocteau. The book details Cocteau's recovery from addiction to opium. [1] References
Orpheus, original title Orphée, is a stage play written by Jean Cocteau, produced in Paris 1926 by Georges Pitoëff and Ludmilla Pitoëff, with decors by Jean Hugo and costumes by Coco Chanel. [1] The play was the first major work for the theater written by Cocteau. It is based on the myth of Orpheus, dealing largely with the supernatural. [2]
Testament of Orpheus (French: Le testament d'Orphée) is a 1960 black-and-white film with a few seconds of color film spliced into it.Directed by and starring Jean Cocteau, who plays himself as an 18th-century poet, the film includes cameo appearances by Pablo Picasso, Jean Marais, Charles Aznavour, Jean-Pierre Leaud, and Yul Brynner. [1]
La voix humaine (English: The Human Voice) is a forty-minute, one-act opera for soprano and orchestra composed by Francis Poulenc in 1958. The work is based on the play of the same name by Jean Cocteau, who, along with French soprano Denise Duval, worked closely with Poulenc in preparation for the opera's premiere.
Jean Cocteau: A Life, original title Jean Cocteau, is a biography about the French writer and filmmaker Jean Cocteau. It was written by Claude Arnaud and published by ...
Les Enfants Terribles is a 1929 novel by Jean Cocteau, published by Editions Bernard Grasset.It concerns two siblings, Elisabeth and Paul, who isolate themselves from the world as they grow up, an isolation which is shattered by the stresses of their adolescence.