"*Sleeping or dreaming, the sleeper must accept his dreams."
I've always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality.*

Jean Cocteau's Orpheus is dreamy in a way that captivates you altogether, even though it can be calming at moments and difficult to follow at others.

This film feels it’s set in a different reality. It almost makes you believe that all of this did really happen. Instead of fairy tales, Cocteau takes us on a journey through death and the afterlife. It’s great visually, and the usage of mirrors is stunning.

“Life is sculpting me. Let it finish its work.“
One of the best movies i’ve seen recently, if you haven’t read/watched anything about greek mythology, then i recommend seeing this!🏛️

"*Sleeping or dreaming, the sleeper must accept his dreams."
I've always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality.*

Jean Cocteau's Orpheus is dreamy in a way that captivates you altogether, even though it can be calming at moments and difficult to follow at others.

This film feels it’s set in a different reality. It almost makes you believe that all of this did really happen. Instead of fairy tales, Cocteau takes us on a journey through death and the afterlife. It’s great visually, and the usage of mirrors is stunning.

“Life is sculpting me. Let it finish its work.“
One of the best movies i’ve seen recently, if you haven’t read/watched anything about greek mythology, then i recommend seeing this!🏛️

A legend is entitled to not be bound in tume and space.

A legend is entitled to not be bound in tume and space.

Orpheus to me is like a myth remembered rather than retold. Cocteau transforms mirrors into doorways, death into a presence, and poetry into something almost tangible. Every surreal image serves the emotion at the film’s center instead of existing for its own sake.

Few films blur the line between reality and the supernatural with such elegance. It’s proof that fantasy doesn’t need spectacle to feel magical, it only needs imagination.

Orpheus to me is like a myth remembered rather than retold. Cocteau transforms mirrors into doorways, death into a presence, and poetry into something almost tangible. Every surreal image serves the emotion at the film’s center instead of existing for its own sake.

Few films blur the line between reality and the supernatural with such elegance. It’s proof that fantasy doesn’t need spectacle to feel magical, it only needs imagination.

i am in a very french time of my life... Godard's Alphaville soon.

i am in a very french time of my life... Godard's Alphaville soon.

Only real takeaway is that basically every character had that shit ON the entire duration

Only real takeaway is that basically every character had that shit ON the entire duration