He was also a poet, novelist, playwright, and painter, and all of those disciplines are reflected in his films-from the prewar, avant-garde, surrealist The Blood of a Poet to the fairy-tale masterpiece Beauty and the Beast to the Jean-Pierre Melville collaboration Les enfants terribles and the contemporary takes on classical mythology Orpheus and Testament of Orpheus. A true artist of the cinematic form, Cocteau, in just a handful of films-some of which he directed, some of which he wrote, but to all of which he contributed his unique vision and craft-created an unparalleled dream world. That evocation of his cinema as an ethereal, unconscious alternate reality was no mere philosophical statement the approach can be felt in the mood, texture, and structure of his movies. “When I make a film, it is a sleep in which I am dreaming,” Jean Cocteau once wrote. New DVD cover by William Logan, new Blu-ray cover by Sarah Habibi

PLUS: An essay by film critic Geoffrey O’Brien and, for the Blu-ray edition, a 1947 piece on the film by Cocteau, excerpts from Francis Steegmuller’s 1970 Cocteau: A Biography, and an introduction to Glass’s opera by the composer.

New and improved English subtitle translation.

Original trailer, directed and narrated by Jean Cocteau, and the 1995 restoration trailer.

Rare behind-the-scenes photos and publicity stills.

Interview with cinematographer Henri Alekan.

Screening at the Majestic, a 1995 documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew.

Two commentaries: one by film historian Arthur Knight and one by writer and cultural historian Sir Christopher Frayling.

Philip Glass’s opera La Belle et la Bête, as an alternate soundtrack, presented in 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition.

New, high-definition digital transfer from restored film elements, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition.

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