Stars
Richard Dyer et Paul McDonald1979

Cinema's glamour has always been inseparable from star performances and star images. On its first publication in 1980 this book set new standards of critical and theoretical rigour in the field of star studies. Through the intensive examination of films, magazines, advertising as well as critical texts, Richard Dyer analyses the historical, ideological and asthetic significance of stars, changing the way we understand screen icons. Paying particular attention to Marlon Brando, Bette Davis, Marlene Dietrich, Jane Fonda, Greta Garbo, Marilyn Moroe, Robert Redford and John Wayne, Stars is an indispendable textbook.

Titre original : Stars (1979)