An American in Paris (BFI Film Classics) by Sue Harris PDF

By Sue Harris

ISBN-10: 1844574717

ISBN-13: 9781844574711

An American in Paris (1951) was once a landmark movie within the careers of Vincente Minnelli, Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron. A joyous party of George Gershwin's track, French artwork, the wonderful thing about dance and the fabled urban of sunshine, the movie was once heralded as an extraordinary instance of leisure 'for mass and sophistication alike'. Choreographed by way of Kelly on the top of his profession, it gave new stature to the Hollywood musical, and showcased as by no means sooner than the creative ambition, technical talents, artistic mind's eye and collaborative ethos of MGM's pioneering Arthur Freed Unit.

Sue Harris attracts on archival fabric to track the film's improvement from perception to reveal. providing new insights into the layout approach specifically, she indicates how An American in Paris confirmed the cinematic template for a urban with which Hollywood might develop into more and more infatuated within the a long time to follow.

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