Venom and Eternity (1951)

April. 20,1951

6.7

| Drama

In this experimental film, Isidore Isou, the leader of the lettrist movement, lashes out at conventional cinema and offers a revolutionary form of movie-making: through scratching and bleaching the film, through desynchronizing the soundtrack and the visual track, through deconstructing the story, he aims to renew the seventh art the same way he tried to revolutionize the literary world.

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Cast

Jean Cocteau as Self

[2020] A Night at the Opera [2007] Callas Assoluta [1985] Steel Cathedrals [1962] Testament of Orpheus [1951] Venom and Eternity [1950] Les Enfants Terribles

Jean-Louis Barrault as Self

[1982] The Night of Varennes [1962] The Longest Day [1961] Blood on His Sword [1960] The Doctor's Horrible Experiment [1954] Royal Affairs in Versailles [1951] Venom and Eternity

Marcel Achard as Self

[1951] Venom and Eternity [1924] Entr'acte

Reviews

Baseshment

1951/04/20

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

AshUnow

1951/04/21

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Juana

1951/04/22

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Cristal

1951/04/23

The movie really just wants to entertain people.