FM4 - Spectatorship - 'The Blood of a Poet': Experimental and Expanded Film/Video

There has never been a film like Le Sang d'un Poete (Blood of a Poet) -1930. It was not only the first film made by Jean Cocteau, one that ignited another satisfying scandal, but it brought all his diverse talents into focus in a medium that was new to him. The work represents an aesthetic milestone in Cocteau's career. The film was a commentary on his own private mythology. Cocteau designed the work concerning the adventures of a young poet condemned to walk the halls of the Hotel of Dramatic Follies for his crime of having brought a statue to life.