CANCELED: Orpheus
Chazen Museum of Art 750 University Ave., Madison, Wisconsin 53706
press release: In compliance with UW Madison’s policies enacted to slow the spread of COVID-19, all previously announced UW Cinematheque screenings through April 12 have been canceled. The Cinematheque programming staff is currently investigating the possibility of re-scheduling some of these screenings on future Cinematheque calendars. The Cinematheque’s free screening series is currently scheduled to resume on April 17 with Where’s Poppa?. Please visit the Cinematheque’s website (http://cinema.wisc.edu) for further updates and a schedule of screenings between April 17 and May 3.
France | 1950 | 35mm | 90 min. | French with English subtitles
Director: Jean Cocteau
Cast: Jean Marais, Marie Déa, Maria Casarès
Cocteau’s update of the Orpheus myth depicts a famous poet (Marais), scorned by the Left Bank youth, and his love for both his wife, Eurydice (Déa), and a mysterious princess (Casarès). Seeking inspiration, the poet follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead, through Cocteau’s famous mirrored portal. Orpheus’s peerless visual poetry and dreamlike storytelling represent the legendary Cocteau at the height of his powers. Presented in conjunction with Madison Opera’s production of Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, April 17 & 19 at Overture Hall.