Diary of a Film operating liberating the drummer from the

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

First volume of two covering the artist’s journals between 1950-1969

and became an important fixture of the New York underground scene

fusing furniture and sculpture to an inseparable blend of art and daily life

Diary of a Film operating liberating the drummer from theFilm 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