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From: "john adams" <nospam@nospam.com>
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Subject: Re: Best surrealistic directors / movies?
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"Dale Houstman" <dmh7@citilink.com> wrote in message
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> john adams wrote:
> > "Parry" <parry@perfectOMITmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:4033F095.FCE@perfectOMITmail.com...
> >
> >>Andreas Moss wrote:
> >>
> >>>Thanks for a GREAT answer Parry.
> >>>Well, surrealism or surrealistic.. I don't really care. To me its just
a
> >>>keyword to finding movies I seem to enjoy. (Even though I would argue
on
> >>>early Lynch not being surrealism.., but thats not important..)
> >>>
> >>>May I add some questions?
> >>>
> >>>1. Why is Jean Cocteau a joke? I haven't seen anything with him, but I
> >>
> > heard
> >
> >>>he's done some good movies? Could you elaborate?
> >>
> >>He's a director who, in ancient times, would wrongly be labeled
> >>"surrealist." Surrealists hate him for being a pretentious,
> >>religionistic "fake poet."
> >
> >
> > I still think Blood of a Poet is great now and especially for its time.
> >
> > "..."
> >
>
>
> I think he made several interesting films, including "Beauty and the
> Beast" and "L'Enfants Terribles" but after reading his memoirs, I
> discovered he was an appalling lover of Nazi parties, luxury, and
> celebrities, a social-climber, and an elitist aesthete.
That's what I've heard. Not very much to be proud of, unless you
like nazi parties, celebrities, luxury, and elitism.
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