March 26 movie: Orpheus. This is another one of those "I can't believe I hadn't seen this yet" movies. I watched it with my dad last weekend in DE. It was arty, poetic, perhaps pretentious, but beautifully made, and I enjoyed it a lot. My dad explained that the messages Orpheus hears over the car radio were much like coded instructions the British government sent to French resistance fighters during the war. Which, in a way, I'm sorry I know. It made the messages seem less surreal and poetic.
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This is one of my favourite films. We have it on dvd now - in fact you remind me I must watch it again. I don't really find it pretensious, but it is VERY Cocteau - and of course he was an artist first and foremost. If you ever have a chance to visit the Cocteau gallery in Menton (French Riviera) go - it's wonderful.