Jean Cocteau's 1946 Beauty and the Beast film is a classic in its own right. Cocteau builds upon the romantic elements of the original tale and adds a rich visual and aural texture to the film. The leonine Beast is a medieval gentleman clad in silks and velvets. He is tortured by the violent beastiality of his nature and
For a film that feels like a shot-for-shot remake at times, Beauty and the Beast is also surprisingly long, running a hefty 129 minutes to the original’s 84.That’s mostly because Condon andEdit. A scene in which a rare female deer with golden fur is mortally wounded by an arrow, transforms into its original naked human form. The woman is shown from the chest up and her breasts are covered by her right arm clutching the arrow in her left side. The grieving hunter leans over her and his robe covers most of her body. Sean O'Neal. An unexpected romance blooms after the the youngest daughter of a merchant who has fallen on hard times offers herself to the mysterious beast to which her father has become indebted. Originally released in 2014, La Belle et la Bete, directed by Christophe Gans and starring Lea Seydoux and Vincent Cassel, is a remake of the classic 1946 film of the same name, as much as it just another adaptation of the classic French fairytale. vd1493.