Not a film poster. Orphée aux Yeux Perlés (1950) by Jean Cocteau.
After watching Jean Cocteau’s Orphée again this weekend I went looking for the film’s posters. There was more variety out there than I expected. Nothing as lavish as the posters for La Belle et la Bête but then you’d expect a fairy tale to be presented with more visual flair than Cocteau’s modernist myth. Most of the early examples are collaged arrangements of stills that give little idea of the film’s originality or dream-like qualities. I was hoping there might be some interesting Polish, Czech or Japanese designs but if there are they didn’t show up in my searches.
France, 1950.
France, 1950.
France, 1950.
Belgium, 1950.
Argentina, 1950.
Sweden, 1950.
Sweden, 1950.
Mexico, 1950.
Royal College of Art poster, circa 1961.
Germany, 1960s.
Britain, 1990s.
France, 2011.
Previously on { feuilleton }
• Cocteau and Lovecraft
• Cocteau drawings
• Querelle de Brest
• Halsman and Cocteau
• La Belle et la Bête posters
• The writhing on the wall
• Le livre blanc by Jean Cocteau
• Cocteau’s sword
• Cristalophonics: searching for the Cocteau sound
• Cocteau at the Louvre des Antiquaires
• La Villa Santo Sospir by Jean Cocteau
Great seeing these, it’s one of my favourite films. I agree though, feels like they could have been a lot more interesting.