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An 8 page discussion of Artaud's contributions, both pro and con to the world of art, film and literature. The paper reviews his influence on a number of past and present artists from his manifesto 'The Theatre of Cruelty' and the accompanying legacy of a life on drugs and how these two are inexplicably linked either in terms of art or reality in the theater of violence and death. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Artaud, the creator of "the theater of cruelty," was a man considered mentally ill from a young age. From this
base, augmented by a life-long addiction to opium and laudanum, he felt that the point of theater was to intrude upon the audiences psyche and reveal the forces of mans
nature as it is exposed within society. Coming from the dark recesses of his mind, he emphasized the nonverbal aspects of theater such as color, sound, and camera movement.
His legacy is a multimedia approach to art which brought about the theatre of the macabre which stresses violence as a theatrical device. Artauds philosophies continue to contribute
to todays artistic endeavors in genres as far-ranging as his own-art, film and literature. "Antonin Artaud is most widely known today for his intense portrayal in Carl Dreyers Passion of
Joan of Arc as the handsome young priest, the only cleric sympathetic to the Maid of Orleans and her martyrdom" (Thomas F-14). Dreyers 1928 film, "which many cinema critics
and historians rank among the best films ever made, focuses on the last day in Joans life" ("The Passion" PG). The film is concerned with the agony suffered by
Joan at her trial before the ecclesiastical court. Much of the film is camera movement which makes not only Joans passions visible, but also those of the people around
her. "Her chief accuser Pierre Cauchon (Eugene Silvain); the sympathetic Jean Massieu (Antonin Artaud); and Warwick, the eminence grise of the whole proceeding" ("The Passion" PG). The
point of Dreyers shots, as the student researching this subject will recognize, is to pan from one emotion to another, as seen on the faces of the four main characters
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