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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782998803321

Autore

Powrie Phil

Titolo

Pierre Batcheff and stardom in 1920s French cinema [[electronic resource] /] / Phil Powrie with Éric Rebillard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2009

ISBN

0-7486-5119-5

1-282-05903-3

9786612059032

0-7486-2960-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RebillardÉric

Disciplina

791.43028092

Soggetti

Motion picture actors and actresses - France

Silent films - France - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-248) and index.

Includes filmography.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; CHAPTER 1 A short life; CHAPTER 2 Stardom in the 1920's; CHAPTER 3 Beginnings; CHAPTER 4 Historical reconstructions; CHAPTER 5 The lover; CHAPTER 6 Comedy: Les Deux Timides (December 1928); CHAPTER 7 Parody and the avant-garde: Un Chien andalou (June 1929); CHAPTER 8 Un Chien andalou: Parodying Stardom; CHAPTER 9 Looking back; CHAPTER 10 Conclusion: uncanny bodies; Appendices; Filmography; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the first major study of a French silent cinema star. It focuses on Pierre Batcheff, a prominent popular cinema star in the 1920's, the French Valentino, best-known to modern audiences for his role as the protagonist of the avant-garde film classic Un chien andalou. Unlike other stars, he was linked to intellectual circles, especially the Surrealists. The book places Batcheff in the context of 1920's popular cinema, with specific reference to male stars of the period. It analyses the tensions he exemplifies between the 'popular' and the 'intellectual' during the 1920's, as cinema