Novelist, playwright, poet, designer, painter and filmmaker Jean Cocteau remains, sixty years after his death, a singular twentieth century artist. His seminal films BEAUTY AND THE BEAST and ORPHEUS have achieved immortality. Filmmaker Lisa Immordino Vreeland, who has previously made illuminating films about Peggy Guggenheim and Cecil Beaton, presents an examination of Cocteau that is as much about the art as it is about the artist himself. Narrated by Josh O’Connor, the film features revealing archival footage, including an interview addressed to the next generation.
“A definitive, hypnotic and poignant vision of the man… Essential.” – Alexander Payne
Lisa Immordino Vreeland has been immersed in the world of fashion, art, and culture for the past 25 years. Her first book was accompanied by her directorial debut of the documentary of the same name, DIANA VREELAND: THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL (2012). The film had its European premiere at the Venice Film Festival and its North American premiere at the Telluride Film Festival. It went on to win the Silver Hugo at the Chicago Film Festival and the fashion category for the Design of the Year Awards—otherwise known as “The Oscars” of design—at the Design Museum in London. Her second film, PEGGY GUGGENHEIM: ART ADDICT premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival (2015) and had its European premiere at Art Basel. Her second book, Love, Cecil came out in October 2017 to accompany the film LOVE, CECIL that premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 2017. Immordino Vreeland curated and directed the award-winning short film series called ART OF STYLE, for the digital fashion network, Made to Measure. The films explored the creative expression of innovative designers and captured their strategy of style. She continues to create work for collectors, galleries, and museums. Her fourth film, TRUMAN & TENNESSEE: AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION was accepted at the 2020 Telluride Film Festival, and was named both the Best Documentary Feature at the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival and the Best LGBTQ Film at the Key West Film Festival. It was purchased by Kino Lorber in the US and is currently streaming on the Criterion Channel.
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