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The beauty of the real : what Hollywood can learn from contemporary French actresses

Title
The beauty of the real : what Hollywood can learn from contemporary French actresses / Mick LaSalle.
Author
LaSalle, Mick
Publication
Stanford, California : Stanford General Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, [2012]

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Description
viii, 238 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-230) and index.
Contents
Introduction : two myths -- Teen rebellion -- The young woman alone : Isabelle Huppert, Isabelle Adjani, and Nathalie Baye -- Juliette Binoche, Emmanuelle Béart, and the temptations of vanity -- The shame of Valeria Bruni Tedeschi -- Sandrine Kiberlain -- Sandrine Bonnaire, Isabelle Huppert, and La cérémonie -- The allure of Hollywood -- Alone at midlife : Nathalie Baye in the nineties -- The French Meryl Streep -- Agnès Jaoui -- Marriage and adultery (same thing) -- Géraldine Pailhas and building a career -- Isabelle Carré and madness -- Les femmes d'un certain age -- The new talent -- France and America -- Appendix one : how to sell French films in the United States -- Appendix two : how to see French films in the United States.
Call Number
MWER 12-4963
ISBN
  • 9780804768542 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0804768544 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2011049156
OCLC
764364152
Author
LaSalle, Mick, author.
Title
The beauty of the real : what Hollywood can learn from contemporary French actresses / Mick LaSalle.
Imprint
Stanford, California : Stanford General Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, [2012]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-230) and index.
Research Call Number
MWER 12-4963
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