The Movie: The Blood of the Poet (1930)
What Is It?: Jean
Cocteau unfiltered as he steps around anything resembling a plot to revel in
avant garde magic tricks. One artist can’t shake the mouth that keeps traveling
all over his body. Another takes a disorienting trip through the looking glass.
A snowball fight turns tragic. A card game starts gruesomely and just keeps
getting worse. The Blood of the Poet
should be as well known as Un Chien
Andalou. If only Black Francis had written a catchy tune about this one…
Why Today?: Today
is Poet’s Day.
