Of Blood of Pleasure and of Death (1948)

The trilogy Of Blood of Pleasure and of Death 19471948 which began with Psyche 1947 the first film produced by Gregory Markopoulos in 16mm based on an unfinished novel by Pierre Louÿs is completed with Lysis and Charmides both based on Platonic dialogues Addressing themes of homosexuality these three films illustrate a symbolic use of colour and composition Centre Pompidou