Brigitte Bardot (Film Stars)

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Illustrated
2013
$28.13

Ginette Vincendeau analyses Bardot's rise to fame as a highly-acclaimed French international film star and fashion icon from her early days as a fashion model and ballet dancer to her period of 'high stardom' between 1956 and 1960.

Synopsis

Ginette Vincendeau analyses Bardot's rise to fame as a highly-acclaimed French international film star and fashion icon from her early days as a fashion model and ballet dancer to her period of 'high stardom' between 1956 and 1960.

$28.13

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 184
Edition: 2013
Publisher: British Film Institute
Published: 27 Feb 2013
ISBN 10: 184457492X
ISBN 13: 9781844574926
Book Overview: A serious and well-researched account of Brigitte Bardot as a movie star and cultural phenomenom.' - Sight & Sound

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A serious and well-researched account of Brigitte Bardot as a movie star and cultural phenomenom. -- Sight & Sound

Author Bio

GINETTE VINCENDEAU is Professor in Film Studies at King's College London. Her publications include La Haine (2005), Jean-Pierre
Melville: An American in Paris (2003) and Stars and Stardom in French Cinema (2000). She co-edited The French New Wave: Critical Landmarks (2009) with Peter Graham and, with Alastair Phillips, A Companion to Jean Renoir (2013) and Journeys of Desire: European Actors in Hollywood (2006). She is the editor of the Cine-Files French Film Guides series and a regular contributor to Sight & Sound.