Name: Sylvia Kristel: From Emmanuelle to Chabrol
ISBN: 9780999862759

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Sylvia Kristel: From Emmanuelle to Chabrol

Jeremy Richey

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A trailblazing figure in film and popular culture, Netherlands native Sylvia Kristel became one of the biggest stars in the world as Emmanuelle in 1974. Alongside her most famous role, directed by Just Jaeckin, a little-known fact is that Sylvia Kristel also appeared in over 20 films between 1973 and 1981 featuring exceptional work with some of the greatest directors in film history including Walerian Borowczyk, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Roger Vadim and Claude Chabrol. Now the story of Sylvia's astonishing career in the '70s is told in Sylvia Kristel: From Emmanuelle to Chabrol, written by Jeremy Richey. Featured are new interviews with Just Jaeckin, Pim de la Parra, Robert Fraisse, Joe Dallesandro and Francis Lai among others. Sylvia Kristel: From Emmanuelle to Chabrol is a film-by-film guide to one of the most distinctive and uncompromising careers in modern cinema, and a celebration of a most remarkable woman in a fully illustrated coffee-table book written by author Jeremy Richey.

A recollection of Sylvia Kristel's most exciting period as an actress. Beginning with her early Dutch film roles in Frank & Eva, Because of the Cats, and Naked over the Fence, this book covers all 22 movies Sylvia starred in between 1973 and 1981 including the European films Emmanuelle, Julia, No Pockets in a Shroud, Playing with Fire, Emmanuelle II, Une Femme fidele, La Marge, Alice, Rene the Cane, Goodbye Emmanuelle, Pastorale 1943, Mysteries, Tigers in Lipstick, The Fifth Musketeer, Love in First Class, Lady Chatterley's Lover, and the American films The Concorde.... Airport '79, The Nude Bomb, Private Lessons, plus a chapter on the unmade films, dozens of iconic roles that she was offered but declined written with in-depth detail by Jeremy Richey. Sylvia Kristel: From Emmanuelle to Chabrol also contains many vintage reviews and interviews with Sylvia Kristel never before translated into English, and takes a look at Sylvia's brief music recording career as well.

Book Details

Publisher: Cult Epics
Publish Date: Jun 8th, 2022
Pages: 352
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 12.10in - 10.20in - 1.30in - 5.40lb
EAN: 9780999862759
Categories: • Film & Video• Subjects & Themes - Erotica• Film - History & Criticism

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About the Author

Richey, Jeremy: - Jeremy R. Richey is a film and music historian and writer originally from Kentucky. The creator of the long-running blogs Moon in the Gutter and Fascination: The Jean Rollin Experience, Richey was also the publisher of the print-only journals Art Decades and Soledad. His work has appeared in a variety of books and magazines as well as on various home video supplements, including audio commentaries for Cult epics releases Madame Claude and the upcoming Julia and Mysteries. Richey currently resides in Bremerton, WA with his beloved dog Ziggy.

Kristel, Sylvia: - Actress and artist Sylvia Kristel was born in Utrecht, Netherlands on September 28th, 1952. Her film career began in 1973 with small but memorable roles in three important Dutch productions. Sylvia became one of the biggest stars of the '70s after her role in Emmanuelle (1974), and she would spend the rest of the decade working with some of the finest filmmakers of the period. Sylvia's starring roles in films like Borowczyk's La Marge (1976), Vadim's Une Femme fidele (1976), Robbe-Grillet's Playing with Fire and Chabrol's Alice (1977) are among the most memorable performances of the period.

B, Nico: - Nico B is the founder of the legendary Amsterdam video store Cult Videoheek, and started Cult Epics in 1991. Moving to the US in 1998, he continued to release arthouse, horror and erotica films in North America, specializing in the works of directors such as Walerian Borowczyk, Tinto Brass, Fernando Arrabal, Radley Metzger, Jorg Buttgereit, Agusti Villaronga, Pim de la Parra & Wim Verstappen. As of recently Cult Epics has started publishing illustrated hardcover books including Cult Epics: Comprehensive Guide to Cult Cinema and Women of the Sun: Bunny Yeager in Mexico, among others.

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Praise for this book

"We had a beautiful feeling together but people don't know it's very hard to shoot a film, mentally and physically. Sylvia was like a sister to me." --Just Jaeckin

"What struck me most with Sylvia was that she had what photographers & sculptors call 'perfect bone structure'. Her profiles are especially breathtaking." --Pim de la Parra

"Sylvia was a beautiful, charming woman that I had the pleasure of meeting and becoming a good friend of hers. I still count myself honored to have met and worked with her." --Joe Dallesandro

"Richey's tome is a beauty unto itself... The Blu-ray set is an ideal companion to the book, making four previously very rare Kristel films available in stunning versions." --Jim Tudor, ZekeFilm

"Sylvia Kristel was amongst the greatest and final figures of the much-missed European Art House of the sixties and seventies." -- Review and Interview with Jeremy Richey, author of Sylvia Kristel: From Emmanuelle to Chabrol, from
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"It's a book that's as practical as it is informative and one that belongs in every genre film fan's collection who might be curious about the films and legacy of one of the most underrated actors who worked in French and Dutch cinema." --Dan Tabor

"The Rosetta Stone of Sylvia Kristel career." -UNBOXING VIDEO

"Actress Sylvia Kristel played in nearly 60 films, but her name has always been connected to the software film Emmanuelle. A new film box set and a coffee table book would change that." --DUTCH REVIEW

"A striking beauty radiant with sensuality, as well as an uncompromising artist projecting a touching vulnerability...She's not just Emmanuelle and she's not just a sex symbol: she's the one and only Sylvia Kristel." --The Metrograph

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