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The films of Jean Seberg / Michael Coates-Smith and Garry McGee.
LIBRA PN2287.S343 C63 2012
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coates-Smith, Michael, 1943-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Seberg, Jean--Criticism and interpretation.
- Seberg, Jean.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2012]
- Summary:
- "Here is the first comprehensive examination of the international film career of Iowa-born actress Jean Seberg (1938-1979). Her later films offer a fascinating view of the industry in the 1960s and 1970s. A biographical sketch provides a framework for detailed scrutiny of her 37 films. Background information and a critical evaluation is provided for each title"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part I From Saint to Sinner, 1958-1963 11
- 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 (LAmant 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 77
- 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 Caraibe) 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 141
- Airport 142
- Dead of Summer (Ondata di colore) 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-217) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786466528
- 0786466529
- OCLC:
- 761369303
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