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Pierre Batcheff and Stardom in 1920s French Cinema / Phil Powrie, Eric Rebillard.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (272 p.) : 50 B/W illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748621972
  • 9780748629602
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43028092 22
LOC classification:
  • PN2638.B34 P69 2009eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- 1. A short life -- 2. Stardom in the 1920s -- 3. Beginnings -- 4. Historical reconstructions -- 5. The lover -- 6. Comedy: Les Deux Timides (December 1928) -- 7. Parody and the avant-garde: Un Chien andalou (June 1929) -- 8. Un Chien andalou: Parodying stardom -- 9. Looking back -- 10. Conclusion: uncanny bodies -- Appendices -- Filmography -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748621972');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 1920s, 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 1920s 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 1920s, as cinema - the subject of intense intellectual interest across Europe - was racked between commercialism and 'art'. A number of the major films are studied in detail: Le Double amour (Epstein, 1925), Feu Mathias Pascal (L'Herbier, 1925), Éducation de prince (Diamant-Berger, 1927), Le Joueur d'échecs (Bernard, 1927), La Sirène des tropiques (Etiévant and Nalpas, 1927), Les Deux timides (Clair, 1928), Un chien andalou (Buñuel, 1929), Monte-Cristo (Fescourt, 1929), and Baroud (Ingram, 1932). Key FeaturesThe first major study of a French silent cinema star.Provides an in-depth analysis of star performance.Includes extensive appendices of documents from popular cinema magazines of the period. "
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780748629602

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

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GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748621972');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 1920s, 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 1920s 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 1920s, as cinema - the subject of intense intellectual interest across Europe - was racked between commercialism and 'art'. A number of the major films are studied in detail: Le Double amour (Epstein, 1925), Feu Mathias Pascal (L'Herbier, 1925), Éducation de prince (Diamant-Berger, 1927), Le Joueur d'échecs (Bernard, 1927), La Sirène des tropiques (Etiévant and Nalpas, 1927), Les Deux timides (Clair, 1928), Un chien andalou (Buñuel, 1929), Monte-Cristo (Fescourt, 1929), and Baroud (Ingram, 1932). Key FeaturesThe first major study of a French silent cinema star.Provides an in-depth analysis of star performance.Includes extensive appendices of documents from popular cinema magazines of the period. "

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)