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The Blood of a Poet

The Blood of a Poet

1932, Movie, 55min

“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.

Country: France

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Pauline Carton,

Odette Talazac,

Elizabeth Lee Miller

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Critic David Parkinson

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...still a triumph of the imagination and provides invaluable insights into Cocteau's artistic vision.

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You can stream The Blood of a Poet on: The Criterion Channel

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The Blood of a Poet was released in theaters on November 3, 1933.