Bio-pics

Ellen Cheshire

Ellen Cheshire

Bio-pics

A Life in Pictures

In: Short Cuts

Columbia University Press | 2014

https://doi.org/10.7312/ches17205

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About this book

Through a carefully selected range of thematically linked bio-pics, explores key issues surrounding their resurgence, structure, production, subject representation or misrepresentation, and critical response

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Ellen Cheshire is an independent scholar. She has written books on the Coen Brothers (as co-author), Ang Lee, Jane Campion and Audrey Hepburn, as well as nmerous articles on subjets as wide-ranging as war movies, James Bond, and Charlie Chaplin.

Frontmatter Free access PDF PDF	i
CONTENTS Free access PDF PDF	v
Acknowledgements Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	vii
Introduction: A Life in Pictures Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	1
1. The Sound of Music: Singers and Musicians Take Centre Stage Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	21
2. Hollywoodland: Actors and Directors as Portrayed by Actors and Directors Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	35
3. Prick Up Your Ears: Now a Word on Writers Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	49
4. Through the Eyes of a Painter: The Art of the On-screen Artist Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	63
5. A Winner Never Quits: The Powerful Force of Sporting Biographies Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	73
6. Awakenings: Voices from the Ivory Towers of Academia Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	83
7. Into the Storm: The Politics of Political Bio-pics Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	93
8. A Royal Affair: The Majesty of Royal Representations Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	109
Epilogue Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	125
Bibliography Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	127
Index Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	135

Bio-pics

A Life in Pictures

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