in which hundreds of errors have been corrected
fusing furniture and sculpture to an inseparable blend of art and daily life
whose wide-ranging work—impossible to categorise—challenged ideas about identity
translated into English for the first time
First volume of two covering the artist’s journals between 1950-1969
Diary of a Film operating in which hundreds of errorsFilm Desk Books, 2022. Hardcover, 162pp., 8 x 6 inches New Beginning on August 26, 1945, the day before shooting began, until June 1, 1946, the day after the film was first screened, Jean Cocteau kept a diary of the making of his masterpiece Beauty and the Beast. Throughout he details every stage of production, as he faces and surmounts numerous obstacles including severe problems with his health, and ultimately the great pleasures of camaraderie with