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March 26, 2013  |  An Auteurist History of Film
Jean Genet’s A Song of Love and Jean Cocteau’s Testament of Orpheus
Testament of Orpheus. 1960. France. Directed by Jean Cocteau

Testament of Orpheus. 1960. France. Directed by Jean Cocteau

These notes accompany screenings of Jean Genet’s A Song of Love and Claude Chabrol’s Testament of Orpheus on March 27, 28, and 29 in Theater 2.

Jean Genet’s (1910–1986) association with the cinema was peripheral.