Jean Cocteau: The Orphic Trilogy
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) was a poet, filmmaker, artist, journalist, dramatist, and designer, as well as a celebrity and provocateur. He was a creative force at the center of the Parisian avant-garde from before World War I, through the surrealist 1920s and 30s, and beyond. His films exemplify the surrealist movement in France. They are dizzy with fantasy, mythology, melodrama, and unhinged experimentation. The Orphic Trilogy offers three films inspired by the figure of Orpheus, the poet and musician of ancient mythology. For today’s viewers, the trilogy opens doors to Cocteau’s incomparable poetic consciousness.
Le San d’un poète / Blood of a Poet (1930): Saturdays July 5, 12 and 19, 1:00pm
Orphée / Orpheus (1949): Saturdays July 5 and 12 at 2:30pm, July 26 at 1:00pm; and Thursday, July 10 at 7:00pm
Le Testament d’Orphée / The Testament of Orpheus (1959), Thursdays, July 17 and 24, 7:00pm; Saturdays July 19 at 2:30pm, and July 26 at 3:00pm
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Phyllis Wattis Theater, $5 general; free for SFMOMA members or with museum admission. Double features: films offered on the same date are included in one ticket.
Where / When
Dates:
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
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