Michael Coates-Smith, Garry McGee

The Films of Jean Seberg

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Produktbeschreibung

Here is the first comprehensive examination of the international film career of Iowa-born actress Jean Seberg (1938-1979). Bursting onto the scene as star of Otto Preminger's controversial Saint Joan (1957), the 19-year-old Seberg encountered great difficulty recovering from the devastating criticism of her performance. The turnaround came in 1959 with her brilliant work in Jean-Luc Godard's "new wave" classic A bout de souffle (Breathless). Though her Hollywood prospects were harmed by subsequent political involvements, Seberg continued to work with some of Europe's finest directors. Her later films offer a fascinating view of the movie industry in the 1960s and 1970s--and of a courageous actress always ready for a new challenge. A biographical sketch provides a framework for detailed scrutiny of her 37 films. Background information and a critical evaluation is provided for each title.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9780786466528
• ISBN-10: 0786466529
• Artikelnr.: 34563960

Autorenporträt

Michael Coates-Smith is a London-based writer involved in freelance editing and research projects.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
PREFACE      1
TECHNICOLOR DREAMS: A BIOGRAPHY      3
Part I: From Saint to Sinner, 1958-1963     
Saint Joan      12
Bonjour Tristesse      20
The Mouse That Roared      28
Breathless (À bout de souffle)      33
Let No Man Write My Epitaph      43
Playtime (La Récréation)      47
Time Out for Love (Les Grandes Personnes)      52
The Five-Day Lover (L'Amant de cinq jours)      56
Congo Vivo      61
In the French Style      65
The Big Swindler (Le Grand Escroc)      72
Part II: The International Years, 1963-1969     
Lilith      78
Backfire (Échappement libre)      85
Moment to Moment      90
Diamonds Are Brittle (Un Milliard dans un billard)      96
A Fine Madness      100
The Line of Demarcation (La Ligne de démarcation)      105
Revolt in the Caribbean (Estouffade à la Caraïbe)      109
The Road to Corinth (La Route de Corinthe)      112
The Girls      117
Birds in Peru (Les Oiseaux vont mourir au Pérou)      120
Pendulum      127
Paint Your Wagon      132
Part III: From Commercial to the Avant-garde, 1970-1979     
Airport      142
Dead of Summer (Ondata di calore)      148
Macho Callahan      153
Kill!      157
This Kind of Love (Questa specie d'amore)      163
The French Conspiracy (L'Attentat)      169
Camorra      175
The Corruption of Chris Miller (La Corrupción de Chris Miller)      179
Mousey (Cat and Mouse)      184
Les Hautes Solitudes      188
Ballad for the Kid      194
White Horses of Summer (Bianchi cavalli d'agosto)      197
The Great Frenzy (Le Grand Délire)      201
The Wild Duck (Die Wildente)      205
POSTSCRIPT      211
BIBLIOGRAPHY      215
INDEX      219