The Beauty of the Real: What Hollywood Can Learn from Contemporary French Actresses

by Mick LaSalle

Book Overview

Even as actresses become increasingly marginalized by Hollywood, French cinema is witnessing an explosion of female talent-a Golden Age unlike anything the world has seen since the days of Stanwyck, Hepburn, Davis, and Garbo. In France, the joy of acting is alive and well. Scores of French actresses are doing the best work of their lives in movies tailored to their star images and unique personalities. Yet virtually no one this side of the Atlantic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804768544
• ISBN13: 9780804768542
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Stanford General Books
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.6"