Description
French cinema has produced a substantial galaxy of stars to achieve world fame in their national films. This is an analysis of the phenomenon of French stardom. It provides in-depth studies of the major popular stars of French cinema: Max Linder, Jean Gabin, Brigitte Bardot, Louis de Funes, Jeanne Moreau, Catherine Deneuve, Alain Delon, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Gerard Depardieu, and Juliette Binoche. It explores the stars' images and performance styles in the context of the French film industry, and in relation to French culture and society. It also examines the unusually close relationship between French film stars and national identity, in a country where Brigitte Bardot and Catherine Deneuve have modelled for Marianne (the effigy of the Republic) and where Jean Gabin has been seen as a role model by left-wing politicians.
About the Author
Ginette Vincendeau is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Warwick. She is the editor of the BFI/Cassell Encyclopedia of European Cinema, and the author of The Companion to French Cinema (BFI/Cassell 1996) and Pepe le Moko (BFI, 1998).
Reviews
"This is a book that will add exciting new dimensions to teaching of and research into French cinema." - Modern and Contemporary France
"...a welcome complement to existing auteur and historical studies of French film, and a welcome intervention in more general work on stardom...Eminently readable....and extremely useful - and, thanks to the stars themselves, sexy - addition to survey courses on French cinema." --Screen, Winter 2002
Book Information
ISBN 9780826447319
Author Ginette Vincendeau
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 438g
About the Author
Ginette Vincendeau is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Warwick. She is the editor of the BFI/Cassell Encyclopedia of European Cinema, and the author of The Companion to French Cinema (BFI/Cassell 1996) and Pepe le Moko (BFI, 1998).
Reviews
"This is a book that will add exciting new dimensions to teaching of and research into French cinema." - Modern and Contemporary France
"...a welcome complement to existing auteur and historical studies of French film, and a welcome intervention in more general work on stardom...Eminently readable....and extremely useful - and, thanks to the stars themselves, sexy - addition to survey courses on French cinema." --Screen, Winter 2002
Book Information
ISBN 9780826447319
Author Ginette Vincendeau
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 438g
