Pierre Batcheff and stardom in 1920s French cinema / / Phil Powrie with Éric Rebillard

• Autore: Powrie Phil
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.43028092
• Soggetto topico: Motion picture actors and actresses - France; Silent films - France - History and criticism
• Altri autori: RebillardÉric
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Pierre Batcheff and stardom in 1920s French cinema
• ISBN: 0-7486-5119-5; 1-282-05903-3; 9786612059032; 0-7486-2960-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811918903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II