Celebrification has thrived for centuries in literature, theater, music, and other cultural spheres, as vividly illustrated by Byron, Sarah Bernhardt, and Paganini. It especially effloresced in cinema after the symbolically named Lumière brothers pioneered movies as light-projected “moving life” to be contemplated and shared in the intimate darkness of theaters. Actors and actresses such as Valentino and Garbo acquired the status of divine beings whose life on and offscreen stim...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction: Stardust, Ephemera, and Surrogates for Divinities
Helena Goscilo
1. Eugeniusz Bodo: The Star Who Stole the Show
Beth Holmgren
2. The Bond...
Over de auteur
Helena Goscilo’s current research resides in the domains of film and queer/gay culture: namely, a monograph on current Polish women film directors, Film’s Feisty Femm...