Name: An American in Paris
ISBN: 978-1-84457-882-5

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Sue Harris

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Part of the book series: BFI Film Classics (BFIFC)

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A landmark film in the careers of Vincente Minnelli, Gene Kelly and Arthur Freed, An American in Paris shifted the ground on which the Hollywood musical was understood. Sue Harris combines rich historical context with in-depth film analysis to foreground the film's unique collaborative spirit and its interactions with Paris as a place and an idea.

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Sue Harris is Reader in French Cinema at Queen Mary University of London, UK. She is an Associate Editor of French Cultural Studies, the author of Bertrand Blier (2001) and co-editor of France in Focus: Film and National Identity (2000) and From Perversion to Purity: The Stardom of Catherine Deneuve (2007), among other titles.

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Book Title: An American in Paris
Authors: Sue Harris
Series Title: BFI Film Classics
Publisher: British Film Institute London
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-84457-882-5Published: 05 May 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 128
Topics: American Cinema, Film and Television Studies, Directing

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