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"Once Upon a Time..." Thus begins Director Jean Cocteau's 1946 masterpiece of black and white cinematography, "La Belle et la Bête." Cocteau (1889-1963) was a writer, poet, and painter with ties to the surrealists. The entrancingly beautiful visual poetry of this film (for example, candelabra made of human hands and NO singing teacups, thank you very much), dreamlike imagery and painterly compositions have rarely been duplicated since. I used the musical composition of "Marwa Blues" by George Harrison to further enhance the dreamlike quality of the images. FYI: George won a posthumous Grammy in 2004 for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for this song (George died 29 Nov 2001 and this song was released in 2002). Please see this movie uncut if you want to experience one of the finest fantasy films of all time!

Category: Film
Uploaded: June 10th, 2007 @ 4:40 pm
Author: zuebee

Length: 06:38
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Views: 29,796

Tags: 1946 and beast beauty belle bête cocteau day et fantasy george harrison jean josette la marais romantic the

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