Underplayed Gems

Jean Cocteau, cinéaste (2001)

Jean Cocteau, cinéaste poster
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
52 min
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This documentary covers the life and film career of Jean Cocteau. It starts with his childhood and then focuses on his love for cinema in the 1930s. It shows his early struggles with critics and his later support from the French New Wave.

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What happens

Jean Cocteau, cinéaste est un documentaire français réalisé par François Chayé, sorti en 2001. Après une brève introduction sur son enfance et sa jeunesse, le documentaire dresse un portrait du poète cinéaste Jean Cocteau, en rendant compte de son engagement, de sa passion, de sa curiosité toujours grandissante pour le cinéma dans les années 30. À ses débuts, isolé, fort décrié même par les Surréalistes dont André Breton, il bénéficia par la suite du soutien indéfectible de la Nouvelle Vague française et des Cahiers du Cinéma comme le rappelle Claude-Jean Philippe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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