UN AMOUR DE CINEMA - CET OBSCUR OBJET DU PLAISIR

Edition S.E.D.L.I., 1991. Photographic laminated boards. Light shelfwear. Very good.. 4to. 96pp. Illustrated throughout with color and b/w film stills. 'Admirées, caressées, pincés, frappées, symboles de la sensualité, objets de désir par excellance, les fesses ont fasciné le cinéma qui s'est attardé sur le corps de créatures de reves, tel un amoureux impudique, délicat, voyeur et sentimantal, donnant a en contempler l'espieglerie, la rage ou la candeur...' A collection of film stills and photos celebrating the eroticism of the female frm, with an emphasis on buttocks, rear views and legs. Stills taken from mainstream, exploitation and erotic films, and are divided into sections: pioneers (Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Brigitte Bardot, etc).; backs nad necks, massage, exhibitionism, spanking, buttocks. etc. Filmmakers include Just Jaeckin, Alan J. Pakula, Tinto Brass, Jean Rollin, Adrian Lyne, Walerian Borowcyk, David Hamilton, Luis Bunuel, and more, with films ranging from Some Like It Hot to Emmanuelle, Contempt to the James Bond movies, The Man Who Loved Women to Candy Stripe Nurses. Acresses include Ursula Andress, Sophia Loren, Georgina Spelvin, Raquel Welch, Isabelle Adjani, Valerie Kaprisky, Jane Birkin, Charlotte Ramlping, et al. Text in French. Please note: Oversized volume: this book will require additional shipping for destinations outside the US. Please write for details; we will ship at cost.