The Blood of a Poet (1932) 16mm/B&W/Sound/55 min.
A young artist draws a face at a canvas on his easel. Suddenly the mouth on the drawing comes into life and starts talking. The artist tries to wipe it away with his hand, but when he looks into the hand he finds the living mouth on his palm. He tries to wipe it off on the mouth of an unfinished statue of a young woman. The statue comes into life and tells him that the only way out of the studio is through the looking glass.
Director: Jean Cocteau
Writer: Jean Cocteau
Stars: Enrique Rivero, Elizabeth Lee Miller, Pauline Carton
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A young artist draws a face at a canvas on his easel. Suddenly the mouth on the drawing comes into life and starts talking. The artist tries to wipe it away with his hand, but when he looks into the hand he finds the living mouth on his palm. He tries to wipe it off on the mouth of an unfinished statue of a young woman. The statue comes into life and tells him that the only way out of the studio is through the looking glass.
Director: Jean Cocteau
Writer: Jean Cocteau
Stars: Enrique Rivero, Elizabeth Lee Miller, Pauline Carton
The Blood of a Poet (1932) 16mm/B&W/Sound/55 min.
A young artist draws a face at a canvas on his easel. Suddenly the mouth on the drawing comes into life and starts talking. The artist tries to wipe it away with his hand, but when he looks into the hand he finds the living mouth on his palm. He tries to wipe it off on the mouth of an unfinished statue of a young woman. The statue comes into life and tells him that the only way out of the studio is through the looking glass.
Director: Jean Cocteau
Writer: Jean Cocteau
Stars: Enrique Rivero, Elizabeth Lee Miller, Pauline Carton
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A young artist draws a face at a canvas on his easel. Suddenly the mouth on the drawing comes into life and starts talking. The artist tries to wipe it away with his hand, but when he looks into the hand he finds the living mouth on his palm. He tries to wipe it off on the mouth of an unfinished statue of a young woman. The statue comes into life and tells him that the only way out of the studio is through the looking glass.
Director: Jean Cocteau
Writer: Jean Cocteau
Stars: Enrique Rivero, Elizabeth Lee Miller, Pauline Carton
show less
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708 Gilman St., Berkeley, CA 94710
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