Jean Cocteau's frighteningly beautiful surrealist take on the
classic story is a potent antidote if Disney's given you one
swig too many of the sweet stuff. It's still a love story, it's
very much a fairy tale, and it's not brain dead. Shot by
cinematographer Henri Alekan (who would much later work with
German filmmaker Wim Wenders on Wings of Desire), Beauty and
the Beast discovers the essence of this fable by juxtaposing the lyrical with the horrific.
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