Orphée 1950

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: Somnambulistic symbolism may be art for art's sake. Maybe not. This writer finds it slightly tiresome. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Cocteau's film technique is as eccentrically sui generis as ever -- his apparent mistakes are often among his most expressive moments. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Seeing Orpheus today is like glimpsing a cinematic realm that has passed completely from the scene. Read more

Raymond Durgnat, Time Out: Its tight cross-lacing of paranoid dreaming and poetic realism grips like a bondage corset. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Jean Cocteau's scripting and directing give the film its proper key of unworldliness. Read more