company:jean cocteau

  • "Coriolan", Cocteau 1950

    IMDb :

    "The film was shot over the course of several years, mostly during weekends at Jean Cocteau’s country house at Milly-la-foret outside Paris. The filming was done by Henri Filipacchi with his amateur 16-millimeter camera. There is no negative since the film used was Kodak 16 millimeter “invertible” [can be used as both negative and positive]. The principal actors where Jean Marais, Josette Day and Jean Cocteau himself but certain friends who where invited to his country house on those weekends are visible at the beginning of the film. They include Paul Morhien, Jean Genet, George Mathis, the owner of the restaurant “Le Catalan” whose name is forgotten as well as Henri Filipacchi himself among others. The film was silent and there was no crew other then Henri Filipacchi the cameraman. Henri Filipacchi showed the movie several times in his apartment on rue d’ Assas in Paris to guests on Sundays: they included, Roberto Rosselini, Hughes Panassie, Simone Signoret and Micheline Presles. Henri Filipacchi kept the original and only copy of this film and at his death in 1961 passed it on to his son Daniel who is its current owner. Since then, the film has never been shown since Jean Cocteau and Henri Filipacchi had cleared instructed that this movie never be shown to anyone other then close friends. Jean Cocteau and Henri Filipacchi said: “It is our ’Chef d’ Oeuvre Inconvnu’”

    Dans ce podcast (13/09/2017) intervient Masha Vasyukova, une vidéaste qui avait l’incroyable chance de tomber sur quelqu’un (le fils d’un ami de Cocteau) qui avait le film... et qui a fini par le lui donner...
    Elle raconte son histoire touchante, comment elle l’a découvert.

    https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/creation-air/documentaires-de-creation-328-coriolan-corps-violent-et-film-cache-de-

    https://media.radiofrance-podcast.net/podcast09/11983-13.09.2017-ITEMA_21433134-0.mp3

    Nous sommes maintenant à la fin des années 40. Jean Cocteau prend l’habitude d’inviter quelques amis dans sa maison de Milly-la-Forêt pour converser et participer à quelques expériences artistiques. Il a l’idée d’y réaliser un film entre amis : « Ce sera notre chef-d’œuvre invisible ! »

    Son titre : « CORIOLAN ».

    Son destin : Rester à tout jamais dans sa boîte. Etre son film fantôme. ll n’aura donc pas de spectateurs. Au point qu’aujourd’hui encore ce film reste une énigme pour les cinéphiles dans le monde entier. Jean Marais, Josette Day et Jean Genet compteraient au casting de « Coriolan »… Des labyrinthes de Kaliningrad aux douves du domaine de Jean Cocteau s’initie le cheminement improbable de la petite fille russe vers le poète, en abîme du miroir énigmatique de Coriolan.

  • Far-East splendour & French playfulness #Schiaparelli #Couture Spring Summer 2017 - Couture
    http://www.orientpalms.com/Far-East-splendour-French-playfulness

    Kimonos, lobsters, bird cages, key holes, octopi, and ultra-saturated colors... These are the makings of Bertrand Guyon for Schiaparelli Spring 2017 Haute Couture collection. As always, it is an homage to the original Elsa Schiaparelli as well as the surrealist artists that inspired the design house in the 1930s. With pieces reminding one of Salvador Dalí and Jean Cocteau, this collection provides a splendid mix of loud yet gentle designs. The sensuality and femininity found in the fabrics, (...) #mode