If you tuned in to “The Lost Chord” tonight expecting the Bulgarian program, unfortunately there’s been a mix-up, so instead we’re hearing “A Feast of Beast,” a fairy tale program I had earmarked for Mother’s Day. Enjoy selections from Georges Auric’s film score for Jean Cocteau’s “La Belle et la Bête” and a suite from Robert Moran’s opera “Desert of Roses,” airing now, from 10 to 11 pm EDT on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.
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Beauty and the Beast The Best Fairy Tale Movie?
The best fairy tale movie of all time? Off the top of my head, I think so.
Turner Classic Movies: TCM is showing Jean Cocteau’s ineffably lovely “La Belle et la Bête” (“Beauty and the Beast”) on “The Essentials” tonight at 8:00 ET. Though the film was made in 1946, it certainly has enough tricks in its imaginative quiver to teach a thing or two to the CGI-crazed directors of today.
Moody, atmospheric, dreamy, clever, hypnotic, funny and romantic, with production design like something Gustav Doré might have conceived while smoking Dutch Masters, Cocteau’s masterpiece stars Jean Marais and Josette Day.
The alternately mysterious and majestic score is by Les Six veteran Georges Auric. Cocteau, you’ll recall, was the publicity machine that propelled Auric, Francis Poulenc, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Germaine Tailleferre and Louis Durey to fame in Paris circa 1920.
If you only know the Disney version, you’re in for a real treat. A completely disarming film. It’s a good night to stay in and pop popcorn. Don’t miss this one.
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