My Contemporaries
by Jean Cocteau
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For almost fifty years (until his death in 1963) Jean Cocteau held a unique place in French cultural life. His successes in the theatrical, film, ballet, and literary worlds bear witness to the astounding variety of his talents, and in all these fields he made many lifelong friends. It is in his portraits of them that the essence of his work can be found, for, as Margaret Crosland points out in her introduction, 'they illustrate everything that is accessible, sympathetic, memorable, durable, all-pervading, or merely dazzling. ... Through his descriptions of people we can see many aspects of his genius: the skill in selecting and translating his observation, through brilliant handling of words, into a verbal portrait or caricature.
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> From the same author:
The Art of Cinema (2000)
A Collection of Cocteau's Writings on Film
by Jean Cocteau
Subject: Director > Jean Cocteau
Cocteau on the film (1972)
Conversations with Jean Cocteau
by Jean Cocteau
Subject: Director > Jean Cocteau
Professional Secrets (1970)
An Autobiography of Jean Cocteau
by Jean Cocteau
Subject: Director > Jean Cocteau
Two Screenplays (1968)
The Blood of a Poet / The Testament of Orpheus
by Jean Cocteau
Subject: One Film > The Blood of a Poet, Testament of Orpheus
The Holy Terrors (1966)
(Les Enfants terribles)
by Jean Cocteau
Subject: One Film > The Terrible Children
> On a related topic:
On the Uses of the Fantastic in Modern Theatre (2008)
Cocteau, Oedipus, and the Monster
Subject: Director > Jean Cocteau
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