Orphee Blu-ray Documentary Landmark of Australian cinema

Landmark of Australian cinema

An intimate look at a relationship breaking apart where the hope of an amicable divorce comes under pressure from an adverserial system

Director Elio Petri maintains a tricky balance between absurdity and realism in telling the Kafkaesque tale of a Roman police inspector investigating a heinous crime—which he himself committed

- Audio commentary by director Kaneto Shindô and the stars of the film

the recollections of a dying poet flash before our eyes

Orphee Blu-ray Documentary Landmark of Australian cinema'Orphe' Director: Jean Conteau (1950) Includes audio commentary, interview with assistant director Claude Pinoteau on the special effects in Cocteau's films, interview with director John Maybury, reversible sleeve with newly commissioned artwork, and a fully illustrated booklet with an essay by Ginette Vincendeau and an interview with Jean Cocteau from 1950. This magical retelling of the Orpheus myth turns the lyre playing singer of Greek legend into