The film was directed by Al Hicks, the Australian Grammy-winning director of the music docus, Keep On Keepin On and Quincy.

She is best known for her book Babel and Babylon: Spectatorship in American Silent Film.

The star’s persona and performance weaken the diegetic spell in favor of a string of spectacular moments/images that display the essence of the star.

Movie Stardom: Biblio Basinger, Jeanine Dyer, Richard. Films, Stars, and Society, 1986 Gillette, Don Carlo.  Formula for Stardom. 195o Morin, Edgar, The Stars. NY: Grove, 1960 out of print Walker, Alexander Share this:

The fondest, most cherished memories of my childhood are all related to the Passover holidays and summer vacations I had spent at Kibbutz Ginegar for nearly a decade, which constitutes the most formative experience of my early life. Some personal and socio-political contexts are in order: I grew up in the 195os in utmost austerity […]