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2017: Films I've Watched in November
Project #1 -1001 Movies I Must see Before I die- (1167 movies items)" Rating iMDB: My Rating: Director: Actors: Genre: The Plot:"
Movies viewed in 2017 (338 movies items)"26/8/17 Jean Cocteau's dazzling telling of the classic fairy tale about a beautiful girl who is held captive by a beast, who she slowly falls in love with. With some terrific visuals and terrific use of lighting, this is a really sweet, romantic that manages to touch the heart, even if you know the story. Jean Marais's beast has the most incredible voice and amazing eyes. Magical."
Films I've Seen in 2017 (June) (44 movies items)"When: June 24th First-Time Viewing: Yes. How: DVD from the library. What'd I Think?: Imaginative, creative, if somewhat slowly paced, fantastical classic adaptation. My Rating: 9/10 Other Notes: NA."
Nick's Top 100 Films (100 movies items)""When it comes to “fairy-tale movies”—if such a genre exists as something other than a profit center for the Disney corporation—there is Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast and then there is everything else." - Geoffrey O'Brien"
Watched in 2017 (272 movies items)"19.2. Hirviö kaipaisi ihan tosissaan aitoa rakkautta, joten hän päättää hankkia sellaista uhkaamalla tappaa vangitsemansa tytön isäpapan, koska hirviömme sattuu VIHAAMAAN ruusuja poimivia ihmisiä. Vankina pidetylle tytölle hän sönköttää aivan tajutonta dadaa, jonka sisällöstä varmaankin puolet on pelkkää naisen nimen huutamista sen oloisena, että pössyttelyä on harrastettu. Joskus hirviö myös vain juoksee sönkötyksensä jälkeen huitin vittuun ruudusta, koska eläime"
“If adversity and strife make for great art, then that perfectly explains why Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast is one of the towering greats of cinema. As the rubble and dust settled from WWII, Cocteau created this pristine and immaculate piece of fantasy cinema to rouse the collective spirit of the country, spurred on by the encouragements of his muse and lover Jean Marais. The film stock was hard to come by, causing certain scenes to look rougher than others were while maintaining the dream-like disorientation that permeates throughout. Cloth was harder to find, and several morning the crew and cast would go to set to find the bed sheets stolen overnight. And Jean Cocteau was gravely ill midway through production, and his condition required continuous breaks to take painful injection” read more
