Brigitte Bardot

Zusatztext A serious and well-researched account of Brigitte Bardot as a movie star and cultural phenomenom. Informationen zum Autor Ginette Vincendeau is Professor of Film Studies at King's College London . She is the editor of the BFI/Cassell Encyclopedia of European Cinema, and the author of The Companion to French Cinema (BFI/Cassell 1996) and Pépé le Moko (BFI, 1998). Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter OneChapter one covers Bardot's training as a ballet dancer and early career as a fashion model, and rise to stardom. Chapter TwoChapter two examines Bardot's roles and performance style in the films she made during her period of 'high stardom' between 1956 and 1960.   Chapter ThreeChapter three examines the second half of Bardot's cinematic career, from 1960 to her last film in 1973, when she took the decistion to stop acting. Chapter FourChapter four examines Bardot's long post-cinematic celebrity, which has clearly outlived her 'retirement' in 1973. ConclusionAppendices: FilmographyBox-office figures for Bardot's filmsBibliography

About the author

Ginette Vincendeau is Professor of Film Studies at King's College London . She is the editor of the BFI/Cassell Encyclopedia of European Cinema, and the author of The Companion to French Cinema (BFI/Cassell 1996) and Pépé le Moko (BFI, 1998).

Product details

• Authors: Na Na, Ginette Vincendeau, Ginette (King's College London Vincendeau
• Assisted by: Martin Shingler (Editor), Susan Smith (Editor)
• Publisher: British Film Institute
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.02.2013
• EAN: 9781844574926
• ISBN: 978-1-84457-492-6
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 188 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Film Stars; Film Stars
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, Individual actors & performers, Films, cinema, Individual actors and performers, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, attention; cinema; film; French