Stars and stardom in French cinema

French cinema is second only to Hollywood in the number of its movie stars who have emerged to achieve international fame. France is, in fact, arguably the only country other than the United States to have an international "star system." Yet these glamorous and charismatic stars differ fro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Vincendeau, Ginette, 1948- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Continuum 2000.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:French cinema is second only to Hollywood in the number of its movie stars who have emerged to achieve international fame. France is, in fact, arguably the only country other than the United States to have an international "star system." Yet these glamorous and charismatic stars differ from their U.S. counterparts in that they maintain more freedom to control their own images and often straddle both mainstream and auteur cinema. Ginette Vincendeau, a leading authority on French cinema, analyzes the phenomenon of French film stardom and provides brilliant in-depth studies of the major.
Descripción Física:xii, 275 p. : il
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye filmografía.
Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 253-262) e índice.
ISBN:9781441130266
9781282013070