Trilogia Órfica: um estudo sobre o cinema poético de Jean Cocteau

Abstract

Jean Cocteau (July 5, 1889 – October 11, 1963) was a multimedia artist, poet, playwright, actor, writer, photographer, painter, sculptor. Beyond that, he was a filmmaker. This thesis has the objective of analysing his films that compose the Orphic Trilogy, which are: The Blood of a Poet (Le sang d'un poète 1930), Orpheus (Orphée, 1950) and Testament of Orpheus (Le testament d'Orphée 1960). In these films, Cocteau elaborates a discussion of what a poet is (Orpheus), a poet that is not limited by literature, but performs all of the categories of art. With this in mind, our analysis is based on the Filmmakers’ Theory and Intermediality Studies. We aim to study the form of the cinema proposed by Cocteau, how he transmits his main ideas and the function of the different artistic forms at the composition of his films, as well as his main references.