Jean Cocteau The Blood of a Poet
Jean Cocteau: The Blood of a Poet Jean Cocteaus Blood of a Poet is a layered film that attempts to poetically convey the inner thoughts and feelings of a poet. To explore the inspiration and inner workings of an artist, Cocteau essentially created a cinematic poem with photographic illusions and montage instead of words or language. ... Therefore, another symbolic level appears, because in this piece Cocteau is in essence looking at himself. ... It is through editing Cocteau succeeds in exploring time and space.