Acteurs·trices:
Jayne Mansfield (i.a.), Ann Magnuson, Richmond Arquette, Joshua Grannell, Tippi Hedren, Dolly Read, Yolonda Ross, Mamie Van Doren, John Waters (plus)Résumés(1)
2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of actress and sex symbol Jayne Mansfield in a bizarre car accident – a great opportunity to look back at her colourful life. If the documentary Mansfield 66/67 makes one thing clear, it is that the term 'post-truth' is not a recent phenomenon. The makers deliberately choose to put forward many different, conflicting visions of the 'blonde bombshell'. Was Mansfield, who had Marilyn Monroe as competition in the 1950s, a living cartoon, a camp character – or was she very gifted and blessed with talents other than her ample bosom, to which film titles such as Kiss Them for Me semi-humorously referred? And was her death the result of a flirtation with the Church of Satan, or just bad luck? The exuberantly designed Mansfield 66/67 – as over-the-top as Jayne herself – also shows the contrast between the 1950s and the 1960s, which brought a new generation of more politically aware actresses to the fore, replacing the three Ms: Monroe, Mansfield and Mamie (Van Doren). (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
(plus)Acteurs·trices
Jayne Mansfield (i.a.)
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
La Blonde explosive (1957)
Illegal (1955)
La Blonde et moi (1956)
Ann Magnuson
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Panic Room (2002)
The United State of Leland (2003)
I Woke up Early the Day I Died (1998)
Richmond Arquette
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Meilleurs films :
Seven (1995)
Fight Club (1999)
L'Étrange Histoire de Benjamin Button (2008)
Joshua Grannell
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Meilleurs films :
Harvey Milk (2008)
All About Evil (2010)
The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
Tippi Hedren
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Meilleurs films :
Les Oiseaux (1963)
Pas de printemps pour Marnie (1964)
I Woke up Early the Day I Died (1998)
Dolly Read
Grande-Bretagne
Meilleurs films :
Le Baiser du vampire (1963)
Orgissimo (1970)
Yolonda Ross
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
The Get Down (2016) (série)
The United State of Leland (2003)
Whatever Works (2009)
Mamie Van Doren
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Meilleurs films :
Teacher's Pet (1958)
La Corde est prête (1956)
Jet Pilot (1957)
John Waters
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Jackass deux - Le film (2006)
Accords et désaccords (1999)
Hairspray (1988)
Mary Woronov
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Meilleurs films :
Sweet Jane (1998)
Le Lycée des cancres (1979)
Chelsea Girls (1966)
Sue Bernard
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
Necromancy (1972)
The Killing Kind (1973)