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