The Blood of a Poet
Fantasy • 1932 • 55 min
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Beautiful surrealist film about the metamorphoses and “deaths” the artist must go through. Very typical Cocteau
Fantastic example of artistic filmmaking. Thought provoking and poetic. Sub-hour runtime makes this a must watch early experimental film.
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Surreal classic.
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In a poet’s room, an armless statue abruptly comes to life. It invites the poet to step through a mirror and to discover another world. Strange places and characters present themselves to him. The poet tears himself away from these twisted fascinations and returns, with some difficulty, to his room.
A famous poet in postwar Paris, scorned by the Left Bank youth, is in love with both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet becomes obsessed and follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead.
An 18th century poet travels through time in search of divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he has a series of enigmatic encounters with symbolic phantoms with whom he muses about the nature of art and his own career. Ultimately, the poet strives to achieve his rebirth as a celestial being.
