Diary of a Film operating Translated by Michael Impey and

Translated by Michael Impey and Brian Swann

liberating the drummer from the role of time-keeper to instrumental improviser

issued as "unique multiples" by Verlag Schellmann & Klüser in 1976

translated into English for the first time

Diary of a Film operating Translated by Michael Impey andFilm 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