Beauty and the Beast (Criterion Collection)
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 33 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: February 11, 2003
- Originally Released: 1946
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Josette Day & Jean Marais | |
Performer: | Marcel André, Mila Parely, Michel Auclair & Nane Germon | |
Directed by | Jean Cocteau | |
Screenwriting by | Jean Cocteau | |
Story by | Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont | |
Produced by | André Paulvé | |
Director of Photography: | Henri Alekan |
Entertainment Reviews:
In these sterile, technological days when creations of architecture, movies and other splendors are inferior to the classics of past ages, this artisan-crafted masterpiece is perhaps the closest we'll ever come to a Gothic cathedral.
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Hollywood Reporter
Rating: 5/5 --
The film that ranks seventh on the list of the 100 best animated films of the American Film Institute is full of tender scenes, delectable musical sequences and of course a phenomenal story. [Full review in Spanish]
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Rincón de cine
Rating: 5/5 --
The end result both saved and revitalised the studio's animation division: a sublime combination of masterful storytelling and magnificent musical interludes (overseen by legendary screen composer Alan Menken).
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Herald Sun (Australia)
Rating: 3.5/5 --
It's a drama, musical, comedy and romance all wrapped into one and done better than most live action films to boot.
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Cairo360
...One of the most romantic films ever made. It is a movie touched by genius...
Los Angeles Times
Rating: 3/5 --
There's no doubting the craftsmanlike elegance of the film, summoning up with relish the spirit of classic fairytale Disney of the 50s and 60s...
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Guardian
...One of the most sophisticated and visually elegant films of all time....A haunting, original treasure... -- Critic's Choice
New York Times
Product Description:
Visionary filmmaker and poet Jean Cocteau responded to the terrors and creative constraints of occupied France with this elaborately realized take on the classic fairy tale BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Suggested by his longtime collaborator and muse, French actor Jean Marais, the cinematic version of the fable first penned by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont became Cocteau's most celebrated film. Cocteau renders the story of a gentlehearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl in the style of the luminous paintings of Dutch master Vermeer. From the quaint and humorous scenes of Beauty's happy home to the ominous surreal spectacle of the Beast's enchanted estate, Cocteau transforms the simple tale of tragic love into a surreal vision of death, desire, and beauty. Marais is chilling as the lonely and tormented beast, projecting a wounded love for the glacial yet endearing Beauty (Josette Day), whose simple request for a rose from her father brings tragedy crashing down on her whole family. Cocteau expands upon the cinematic inventiveness first seen in his masterpiece BLOOD OF A POET with mirrors made of water, living statues, and candelabras fashioned from living arms, transforming a children's fable into a complex and radiant cinematic classic.
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