Orphée (1950) - the matrix scene

Описание: Cocteau wrote in The Art of Cinema:

"The three basic themes of Orphée are:

The successive deaths through which a poet must pass before he becomes, in that admirable line from Mallarmé, tel qu'en lui-même enfin l'éternité le change—changed into himself at last by eternity.
The theme of immortality: the person who represents Orphée's Death sacrifices herself and abolishes herself to make the poet immortal.
Mirrors: we watch ourselves grow old in mirrors. They bring us closer to death.
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Thru The Mirror (1936) Mickey Mouse complete
   • Thru The Mirror (1936) Mickey Mouse complete  
Thru the Mirror is a Mickey Mouse cartoon short film produced by Walt Disney Productions, released by United Artists in 1936.
Mickey falls asleep after reading one of Lewis Carroll's books.
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Blood of a Poet (Mirror Scene)
   • Blood of a Poet (Mirror Scene)  
The Blood of a Poet (French: Le sang d'un poète) (1930) is an avant-garde film directed by Jean Cocteau, financed by Charles de Noailles and starring Enrique Riveros, a Chilean actor who had a successful career in European films. Photographer Lee Miller made her only film appearance in this movie, which features an appearance by the famed aerialist Barbette.[1] It is the first part of The Orphic Trilogy, which is continued in Orphée (1950) and concludes with Testament of Orpheus (1960).
In section two, the statue speaks to the artist, cajoling him into passing through a mirror. The mirror transports the artist to a hotel, where he peers through several keyholes, witnessing such people as an opium smoker and a hermaphrodite. The artist is handed a gun and a disembodied voice instructs him how to shoot himself in the head. He shoots himself but does not die. The artist cries out that he has seen enough and returns through the mirror. He smashes the statue with a mallet.