{"product_id":"cocteau-speaks-to-the-year-2000","title":"Cocteau Speaks to the Year 2000","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(106, 167, 225);\"\u003eJean Cocteau \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(169, 119, 119);\"\u003eSpeaks to the Year 2000\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e111 x 180mm, 64 pages, Riso Printed in 3 Colors\u003cbr\u003eSmyth-sewn Binding, Gatefold Cover\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(80, 169, 125);\"\u003ePrinted \u0026amp; Published by Now-Time, Queens NYC\u003cbr\u003eBinding in New Jersey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(96, 218, 158);\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eFormer translations diligently compared and revised\u003cbr\u003eUnauthorized, No ISBN\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e64 page\u003c\/strong\u003e re-presentation of Cocteau's millennium message recorded in 1962. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSince these images for the Year 2000 are no longer beyond us. Let's organize them. We pull Cocteau's ghost through time and transform his speech into a theater of images (which it is already). The task: turning a ruin into a construction site. Ft. new typesetting, commentaries + associative images that expand, critique, and detour from the path Cocteau points to. The book works to keep this fountain of thought interactive and accessible in ways that video cannot provide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/Screen_Shot_2025-04-30_at_2.34.29_PM.jpg?v=1746038090\u0026amp;width=700\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCocteau's 'jack-of-all-arts' project (spider mode), made of many worlds, has given us fragments of ideas diffused throughout the disciplines, seen in pieces (theater, film, poetry, painting, sculpture, literature). As a convenience, this last testament recovers and stitches together Cocteau's core ideas in a 3800 word corkscrew monologue. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eanecdotes ✔️\u003cbr\u003eresearch ✔️\u003cbr\u003eguesswork ✔️\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/Screen_Shot_2025-04-30_at_2.34.41_PM.jpg?v=1746038103\u0026amp;width=700\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrying into Cocteau’s consciousness in 1962, we find ourselves eerily in a similar place, sharing his struggles and hopes. Cocteau wrestles with the contradictions between\u003cstrong\u003e inner and outer worlds\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003e art and labor\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ehumanity and technology\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eartists and institutions\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003e control and accidents, conscious and unconscious, life and death.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe link between Mount Parnassus \u0026amp; Montparnasse \u003cstrong\u003e✔️\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/Screen_Shot_2025-04-30_at_12.27.19_PM.jpg?v=1746030452\u0026amp;width=700\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimultaneously a battery and a vehicle, Cocteau's insights shock us by helping us realize how late we are to our fundamental problems. Cocteau's ghost navigates us around dangers and towards hopes for new direction toward another world different from this one. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(111, 177, 127);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I hope that you have not become full-fledged robots but, on the contrary, have been humanized. This is my hope.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(85, 170, 218);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"From our birth to our death we are a procession of others\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDefend today - making use of yesterday, anticipating to-morrow \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e ✔️\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull Video:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z-x-wNiN4Hk?si=4sq0idLo9Z6zOj9k\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShips with 4 Color 24\"x36\" Poster\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/Screen_Shot_2025-04-24_at_9.46.32_PM.jpg?v=1746030560\u0026amp;width=700\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eincl \"Vehicle for Poetry\" ghost whip Papercraft\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/Screen_Shot_2025-04-30_at_12.33.52_PM.jpg?v=1746030845\u0026amp;width=700\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/Screen_Shot_2025-04-30_at_12.29.04_PM.jpg?v=1746030573\u0026amp;width=700\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eNow-Time\u003c\/strong\u003e element:\u003cbr\u003eCocteau's discontinuous continuation of classical Mount Parnassus to 20c Montparnasse Paris. An artistic rupture more than a political one. Therefore Cocteau is limited, but a starting place. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(68, 207, 95);\"\u003eTopics: transmissions, antipodes, the wrong track, buzzing around, anti-gravity, hitchhiking, the two stools, humanization, robots, venusians, esperanto, the two selves, others, intermediaries, night world, poetry, genius, collective genius, mythology, history, manual labor, expiration, discoveries, tin medals, errors, surprise, beginnings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/Jean_Cocteau_Autobiography_of_an_Unknown_83_mini_poster_Chirashi.jpg?v=1746030186\u0026amp;width=700\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrpheus, a \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ereworking\u003c\/span\u003e of a classical subject...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/ORPHEE_JEAN_COCTEAU_German_Movie_Poster_Hans_Hillman_Orpheus_-_Pi.jpg?v=1746030186\u0026amp;width=700\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/Screen_Shot_2025-04-30_at_11.01.28_AM.jpg?v=1746030186\u0026amp;width=700\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/Screen_Shot_2025-04-29_at_8.19.53_PM.jpg?v=1745985733\u0026amp;width=700\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e++ Formed in Grangemouth, Scotland in 1979, Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie, and Will Heggie called themselves \u003cstrong\u003eCocteau Twins\u003c\/strong\u003e. The name derived from the song “Cocteau Twins” by fellow Scottish band Simple Minds. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe song is reported to have been about two men in Glasgow, Scotland, who had a reputation for being pretentious film snobs with a fondness for the work of Jean Cocteau.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Now-Time","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56019151225000,"sku":"fpb1789814824842","price":6.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/9084\/5096\/files\/cocteau-speaks-to-the-year-2000_1.jpg?v=1789814832","url":"https:\/\/silkdrapefit.shop\/products\/cocteau-speaks-to-the-year-2000","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}