Correspondences are fragments of life seized in the flesh of the great History. The one between Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau explores forty-eight years of a complex and tormented artistic friendship. Through their letters, the film unfolds the story of a talent and a genius, a unique story that sweeps across the artistic and political spectrum of fifty years of the twentieth ...
Rebellisch und konformistisch, hochbegabt und voller Selbstzweifel: In der Nacht vom 12. Dezember 1976 stand Romy Schneider der engagiertesten Feministin der damaligen Zeit in einem exklusiven Interview Rede und Antwort. 40 Jahre spter stellt Alice Schwarzer ihre Tonbandaufnahmen für Patrick Jeudys Dokumentarfilm zur Verfügung und kommentiert dieses Gesprch.
Es ist der 12. De...
8 x 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements (1957) is an American experimental film directed by Hans Richter, Marcel Duchamp, and Jean Cocteau released on March 15, 1957 in New York City. It features original music by Robert Abramson, John Gruen and Douglas Townsend.
Described by Richter as "part Freud, part Lewis Carroll," it is a fairy tale for the subconscious based on the game of ...
This is not the end of the Cocteau story, of course, for as we have constantly witnessed, he is always oriented towards the future due to his undimmed faith in the creative act, and none more so than in the medium of film. Indeed, he was even more advanced in his preparations for death and the after-life of his work than originally thought.
Just a couple of months before his de...
