Jean Cocteau

James S. Williams, Susan Williams, Robert Ingram , Susan Williams

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Manchester University Press
01 April 2010

Film theory & criticism; Individual film directors, film-makers; Film movie production: technical skills; Biography: arts & entertainment

Series: French Film Directors Series

This is a comprehensive, original and accessible account of all aspects of Jean Cocteau's work in the cinema. It is the first major study in English to appear for over forty years and casts new light on Cocteau's most celebrated films as well as those often neglected or little known.

Jean Cocteau is not only one of French cinema's greatest and most influential auteurs whose work covered all the major genres but also an experimenter, collaborator, theorist and all-round ambassador of film. This lucid account provides a complete introduction to Cocteau's cinematic project in the context of his entire oeuvre, detailed analysis of individual films, and a thematic engagement with all his cinema from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives. The Cocteau that emerges is at once a materialist filmmaker and visionary who is committed to realism in all its guises and reveals the wonder and mystery of what he called 'the cinematograph'. -- .

By: James S. Williams
Index by: Susan Williams, Susan Williams, Susan Williams
Series edited by: Robert Ingram
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 240g
ISBN: 9780719058844
ISBN 10: 0719058848
Series: French Film Directors Series
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 April 2010
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of plates Series editors’ foreword Acknowledgements 1. His name was Jean 2. All is possible: 'Le Sang d’un poète' 3. The tricks of the reel: I. 'L’Eternel retour'/'La Belle et la bête' II. 'L’Aigle à deux têtes'/'Les Parents terribles' III. 'La Villa Santo-Sospir'/'Le Testament d’Orphée' 4. In the zone:' Orphée' 5. Cocteau, Jean Marais and collaboration 6. For our eyes only: body and sexuality in reverse motion 7. En route Filmography Select bibliography Index -- .

James S. Williams is Professor of Modern French Literature and Film at Royal Holloway, University of London

Reviews for Jean Cocteau

James S. William's Jean Cocteau is both a welcome new study of the films of a versatile artist and director and a precious addition to Manchester University Press's useful series on French Directors.  His study elegantly weaves historical context, biographical element and in--depth analysis of the formal characteristics of Cocteau's films.  Williams produces an inspiring study and manages to suggest new paths in the exploration of the artist's unique corpus of film work.  This captivating book should thus be of interest to students as well as to specialists in cinematic culture --Martine Beugnet, Edinburgh University, Journal of Contemporary European Studies