Beauty and the Beast (1946)

Director: Jean Cocteau  Starring: Jean Marais  Josette Day  
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Publisher: Image
Format: DVD
UPC: 00715515032728
Buy.com Sku: 208290005
Item#: V2R5E7
Category Keywords: Classic  Fantasy  Recommended  Romance  Theatrical Release 
Rating: NR
 
 
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Editor's Note

Visionary filmmaker and poet Jean Cocteau responded to the terrors and creative constraints of occupied France with this elaborately realized take on the classic fairy tale BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Suggested by his longtime collaborator and muse, French actor Jean Marais, the cinematic version of the fable first penned by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont became Cocteau's most celebrated film. Cocteau renders the story of a gentlehearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl in the style of the luminous paintings of Dutch master Vermeer. From the quaint and humorous scenes of Beauty's happy home to the ominous surreal spectacle of the Beast's enchanted estate, Cocteau transforms the simple tale of tragic love into a surreal vision of death, desire, and beauty. Marais is chilling as the lonely and tormented beast, projecting a wounded love for the glacial yet endearing Beauty (Josette Day), whose simple request for a rose from her father brings tragedy crashing down on her whole family. Cocteau expands upon the cinematic inventiveness first seen in his masterpiece BLOOD OF A POET with mirrors made of water, living statues, and candelabras fashioned from living arms, transforming a children's fable into a complex and radiant cinematic classic.


Plot Summary

One of the great classics of cinema, Jean Cocteau's marvelous twist on the timeless fairy tale plunges the viewer into a stunningly dreamlike world.

 
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Source: Image Entertainment Inc.

 
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Release Information
Studio: Image
Release Date: 9/9/2008
Running Time: 93 minutes
Original Release Date: 1946
Catalog ID: 003
UPC: 00715515032728
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: French
Available Audio Tracks: French
Available Subtitles: English
Video: B&W

 
Cast & Crew
Mila Parely
Michel Auclair
Jean Marais
Marcel Andre
Nane Germon
Josette Day
André Paulvé - Producer
Henri Alekan - Director of Photography
Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont - Story
Jean Cocteau - Screenwriter
Jean Cocteau - Director

 
Professional Reviews
New York Times
"...One of the most sophisticated and visually elegant films of all time....A haunting, original treasure..." -- Critic's Choice 04/17/1992 p.C8

Los Angeles Times
"...One of the most romantic films ever made. It is a movie touched by genius..." 02/25/1992 p.F1

Entertainment Weekly
"...A work that stands as one of French cinema's most influential films..." 02/14/2003 p.58

Hollywood Reporter
"...There's an undeniable thrill in having BEAST unspool as Glass' hypnotic music swirls around the room..." 03/04/2003 p.22-62

  
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