Unknown - (x2) Louis De Funès, 'Fantomas' 1960's
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Gelatin-silver print portrait of Louis de Funès from the Fantomas films of the 1960s, measuring 12.5 × 20.5 cm and in good condition.
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photo in good condition, signs of wear and handling, see photos for details.
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(x2) 12.5cm x 20.5cm
Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. According to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, he is France's favourite actor, having played over 150 roles in film and over 100 on stage. His acting style is remembered for its high-energy performance and his wide range of facial expressions and tics. A considerable part of his best-known acting was directed by Jean Girault.
The larger-than-life, conservative petit bourgeois characters he played, who typically kissed up to authority while persecuting their subordinates, particularly resonated with the changing Western societies of the 1960s and drove him to success. However, in his private life, de Funès was a notoriously shy and reserved man, and a devout Catholic.
One of the most famous French actors of all time, Louis de Funès remains to this day the most bankable actor in French cinema history. He enjoys widespread international recognition: in addition to his immense fame in the French-speaking world, he remains a household name throughout most of continental Europe including the former Eastern Bloc, the former Soviet Union, as well as Iran, Turkey, and Israel. Despite this international popularity, Louis de Funès remains an obscure figure in the English-speaking world. He was exposed to a wider audience only once in the United States, in 1973, with the release of The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob, which is best remembered for its Rabbi Jacob dance scene and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
André Hunebelle's Fantomas trilogy is a French film trilogy consisting of Fantomas (1964), Fantomas Unleashed (1965), and Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967).
These three feature films, very loosely based on the original novels written from the 1910s onwards, hold a special place among the many cinematic adaptations of Fantomas. Promoted with slogans like "Fantomas, the public enemy number 1 of your daily worries," the films bring to life a new kind of Fantomas, quite far from the crime genius claimed by surrealism. Playing with the character of Fantomas with nonchalance, some see in this often-criticized trilogy "a sort of masterpiece of a cinematic genre of which it is almost the sole representative: the terrifying and comic action film.
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photo in good condition, signs of wear and handling, see photos for details.
Size:
(x2) 12.5cm x 20.5cm
Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. According to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, he is France's favourite actor, having played over 150 roles in film and over 100 on stage. His acting style is remembered for its high-energy performance and his wide range of facial expressions and tics. A considerable part of his best-known acting was directed by Jean Girault.
The larger-than-life, conservative petit bourgeois characters he played, who typically kissed up to authority while persecuting their subordinates, particularly resonated with the changing Western societies of the 1960s and drove him to success. However, in his private life, de Funès was a notoriously shy and reserved man, and a devout Catholic.
One of the most famous French actors of all time, Louis de Funès remains to this day the most bankable actor in French cinema history. He enjoys widespread international recognition: in addition to his immense fame in the French-speaking world, he remains a household name throughout most of continental Europe including the former Eastern Bloc, the former Soviet Union, as well as Iran, Turkey, and Israel. Despite this international popularity, Louis de Funès remains an obscure figure in the English-speaking world. He was exposed to a wider audience only once in the United States, in 1973, with the release of The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob, which is best remembered for its Rabbi Jacob dance scene and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
André Hunebelle's Fantomas trilogy is a French film trilogy consisting of Fantomas (1964), Fantomas Unleashed (1965), and Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967).
These three feature films, very loosely based on the original novels written from the 1910s onwards, hold a special place among the many cinematic adaptations of Fantomas. Promoted with slogans like "Fantomas, the public enemy number 1 of your daily worries," the films bring to life a new kind of Fantomas, quite far from the crime genius claimed by surrealism. Playing with the character of Fantomas with nonchalance, some see in this often-criticized trilogy "a sort of masterpiece of a cinematic genre of which it is almost the sole representative: the terrifying and comic action film.
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Title of artwork
(x2) Louis De Funès, 'Fantomas' 1960's
Condition
Good condition
Technique
Gelatin-silver print
Height
12.5 cm
Width
20.5 cm
Signature
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Genre
Portrait
