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Brigitte Bardot: A Biography

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At 44 dollars and listed as a hardback I was more than shocked when a book less than 200 pages arrived! Why on earth the publishers made this into a hardback is beyond me, for such a small book (without colour photos) it's a ridiculous format.

From the opening pages the writing struck me as appalling. Not only is the style annoying (it switches between trying to sound formal to writing in a somewhat immature, talky fashion) but there are grammatical errors everywhere (I'm not a stickler for grammar but the errors were really distracting!)- was this not even edited? What's worse is that the author apparently is a history lecturer at a university so one would expect something more insightful...

Whilst the author has researched Bardot's personal history very well, the writing and assessment of Bardot is terrible. The author also has no real understanding of cinema, which is obvious in his treatment of Godard's 'Contempt', and for someone writing about a film actress I think this is a real flaw.

All in all, a very disappointing book.

Bardot lives unlike her American counterpart. And her life since the 1970's has been a committment to animal rights. A biopic on the tragedy and triumphs of an international living screen legend. Bardot was the blonde goddess on the beach in Cannes decades before Pamela Anderson hit the small screen on Baywatch. The latter seems to be following the lead of the former and one wonders: what happened to beauty's promise in youth? Bardot herself has commented that she gave her youth to men and in her twilight years gives her passion to the cause of animal rights. A turmoil of a life filled with the heights of stardom intermingled with psychological demons and power lost when youthful beauty faded. Bardot is now in retirement and a recluse in France but her legend remains. Was beauty not supposed to bring lasting happinness?

I am obessed with the younger Brigitte instead of the old fart she is now. Brigitte Bardot made some good movies in her heyday. I was 14 and saw "French Dressing" and I was obessed, only it wasn't Brigitte it was Marisa Mell. They look the same. I think nowadays Americans have started to forget about Brigitte we have our own movie stars to read about. That makes me sad it really dose I read all the Marilyn books I really do, however that gets boring. If only they have more Brigitte Bardot books on the bookshelves in the States.
Brigiite came from a good family I know a lot and worte a book about her it took me 5 years to finsh most people I showed it too thought it was my best work. I never got the book publised sadley.
Sometimes I feel guity because Iam have black and Brigitte dosen't really like us and has sad show and in the past has bad mouted Musleims. We are all people at the end of the day. When Brigitte Bardot was younger she didn't make those stupid remarks I do like her for what she was not what she is now. Most Americans think of BB when she was young and lived her life how she wanted too.
I do give her creadit for helping animals. When she went to go to Cananda she was cool to do that. I love the photo of her and the baby seal. She did the best but she let me down. At least Marilyn didn't turn in to werido like Bardot.