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Digitally restored image and sound; A documentary about the film and the fable; The original fable translated into English; Additional audio track featuring film historian Arthur Knight
Full Product DetailsSide #1 --
1. "Once Upon a Time..." [3:37]
2. Wicked Sisters [3:53]
3. La Belle [3:48]
4. Enchanted Forest [5:33]
5. La Bête [8:33]
6. The Price of a Rose [2:22]
7. Beauty Meets Beast [8:55]
8. A Strange Proposal [3:50]
9. Observations [5:07]
10. A Broken Heart [10:35]
11. Stripped of Everything [1:32]
12. Belle's Promise [4:41]
13. A Tearful Reunion [2:31]
14. Riches to Rags [4:11]
15. Old Ways Anew [3:38]
16. The Sisters' Revenge [4:18]
17. Mirror Images [3:26]
18. Closing In [4:40]
19. Miracles [5:31]
1. Overture [3:37]
2. The Sisters [3:53]
3. Avenant Proposes [3:48]
4. The Father's Journey [5:33]
5. In the Beast's Domain [8:33]
6. The Father Returns [2:22]
7. Belle Goes to the Chateau [8:55]
8. Dinner With the Beast [3:50]
9. The Beast's Anguish [5:07]
10. Promenade in the Garden [10:35]
11. The Furniture Is Seized [1:32]
12. The Beast's Pledge of Faith [4:41]
13. Belle's Return Home [2:31]
14. Belle Tells Her Story [4:11]
15. The Plan [3:38]
16. Avenant's Passion [4:18]
17. Le Magnifique Appears [3:26]
18. The Mirror [4:40]
19. The Pavilion [5:31]
1. Introduction [3:37]
2. Cocteau's Visual Language [3:53]
3. Screenplay vs. Fable [3:48]
4. Playwright/Return to Film [5:33]
5. Film Music [8:33]
6. Cocteau's Production Diary [2:22]
7. Ballet & Slow Motion/Time & Space [8:55]
8. Artistic Advisor Christian Bérard [3:50]
9. Shaping Time [5:07]
10. Alekan & Clément/First Screening [10:35]
11. Patience [1:32]
12. Fairy Tale Without Fairies [4:41]
13. Josette Day [2:31]
14. Images vs. Symbolism/Noël Coward [4:11]
15. Opium/Cocteau & Marais [3:38]
16. Background as an Artist [4:18]
17. Talented Outsider/Decadence & Immortality [3:26]
18. Creative Geography [4:40]
19. Cinematic Sorcery [5:31]
1. Re-Launching French Cinema [3:37]
2. Bustle & Broad Comedy [3:53]
3. Reflection/Theatrical Experience [3:48]
4. Postwar Allegory/Magic Kingdom [5:33]
5. Full of Life/Differing Depictions [8:33]
6. A Dependable Child [2:22]
7. More Decisive Belle/Cocteau vs. Disney [8:55]
8. Enchantment for Enchantment's Sake [3:50]
9. Pacing/Instinct vs. Emotion [5:07]
10. Peasant or Aristocrat/Compressing the Tale [10:35]
11. Feckless & Weak/Cocteau's "Cameo" [1:32]
12. An Ethereal Beast [4:41]
13. Oedipal Overthrow [2:31]
14. A Theatrical Scene/Untrustworthy [4:11]
15. No Comeuppance/Critical Drubbing [3:38]
16. Contemporary Beasts [4:18]
17. Achieving Magic [3:26]
18. Triple Transformation/Poignant Punchline [4:40]
19. Blood on the Snow/A Third Persona [5:31]
Jean Cocteau's most popular film, this 1946 masterpiece is perhaps the most faithful of the many film versions of the 1756 fairy tale written by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont. Though the ending is a bit on the strange side -- the Beast morphs into a prince who looks exactly like Belle's hapless suitor, and her disappointment is unmistakable -- the film features tight, economical storytelling and enough visual fireworks (including many stunningly executed optical effects) to enrapture viewers from beginning to end. The actors are uniformly wonderful: Josette Day makes a stunning Belle, and Cocteau regular Jean Marais excels in a triple role that includes the magnificent Beast. The real stars of the film, though, are Cocteau himself, who gives the film a shimmering, romantic look, and the brilliant costume and set design. The Beast's make-up, in particular, works beautifully; it's just realistic enough to be convincing, while allowing Marais to emote through his eyes and subtle facial tics. The unforgettable sets, which include human arm candelabras and moving statues, are a marvel of impressionistic romanticism, filled with symbolism that hints at the story's darker implications. Forget Disney -- this is the closest anyone's come to capturing the essence of a fairy tale on film. Mark Pittillo Barnes & Noble